Can Science be Entertaining for a 6 Year Old?

March 4, 2010 - PRLog -- Eddie the Electron is trapped in a helium balloon with his dull orbit-mate, Erwin. Will you help him escape? Wait a minute...What exactly, is an electron, or a helium atom for that matter? This book is a wonderfully entertaining way to introduce children (kindergarten through 4th grade) to the concepts of atoms, protons, and electrons. Even adults may have something to learn from funny little Eddie...

About the Author

Meliisa believes that society underestimates our children's interest in what we consider 'complicated' scientific subjects, and that we underestimate our children's ability to understand many basic scientific concepts. She is confident that the sooner we expose our children to these ideas, the less intimidated they will be by such subject matter in the future. Whether or not they understand everything is beside the point. What's important is whether or not they are interested. Thus, presenting scientific subjects to our young children in an entertaining way lays important groundwork for their future and the future of our society, on the whole.

After receiving her undergraduate degrees in English and Chemistry from the College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, VA), Melissa Rooney attended graduate school at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She studied electrochemistry under the direction of R. Mark Wightman, and was awarded her Ph.D. in Chemistry from UNC in 1998.

From 1999-2002 she conducted electrochemistry research in the laboratory of Alan M. Bond at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. She was awarded a Post Doctoral Fellowship from the Australian Research Council for 2000-2003.

In 2002, she returned to North Carolina to raise her family with her husband, Mike Rooney.
Melissa, her husband Mike, and their two young children happily reside in Durham, NC.

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