The Inventors' Diary Level 21-22

A hands-on, inventive story about problem-solving, teamwork, and iterative design thinking.

The Inventors' Diary captures the creative journey of four students as they design, build, and refine a marble track, narrated through engaging diary entries. Written in a unique format that includes daily logs, computer-typed notes, and hand-drawn diagrams, this Level 21-22 (Gold) book encourages readers to explore the process of invention through cause and effect, procedural steps, and experimentation. Vocabulary such as œlooped, œwhizzed, and œclattered brings excitement to their engineering feats, while temporal markers like œOn Monday provide clear sequencing. This book is excellent for introducing students to procedural writing, prepositions in context, and genre analysis. The logical structure of hypothesis, trial, error, and modification supports STEM learning, literacy skills, and teamwork concepts.

Educational Benefits:

• Demonstrates procedural writing and diary structure
• Reinforces cause and effect in problem-solving
• Supports vocabulary expansion related to invention and design
• Encourages use of prepositions and time markers

Classroom Ideas:

• Have students write their own inventor's diary for a simple machine
• Build marble tracks in small groups and record outcomes
• Explore the engineering design cycle in a STEM unit
• Identify text features like diagrams, entries, and sequencing words

Information:

• Reading Level: 21-22 (Gold)
• Themes: Problem Solving, Invention
• Suitable for ages: 9-10 years
• Book size: 14.5cm x 16cm