Who is Sandra Markle

SANDRA MARKLE

https://sandra-markle.blogspot.com/

Best-selling author Sandra Markle is also fondly known as Ms. Whiz by children from the title of the local Atlanta, Georgia television show she starred on and from the science magic she’s shared with thousands of students during visits to schools worldwide. In the mid-1990s, she even did some of the very first Internet-delivered school visits from remote locations as part of her three trips to Antarctica with the National Science Foundation. Sandra is the author of over 200 nonfiction and fact-based fiction books, including the popular What If You Had!? Series, which now has over two million books in print, The Hush Up Series, The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs, which won the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books Award, and A Mother’s Journey, which was a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book. In addition to numerous awards for her books, in recognition of her contributions to science and technology, Sandra was honored to receive one of the Women of the Year awards by Women in Technology International. Sandra Markle said, “I want my books to sound great read aloud and be so much fun, when the last page is done, a child will say, ‘Read it again, please!’”

Be prepared for heart tugs and laughs as Sandra Markle shares powerful stories from her life. You’ll be inspired as you discover why Sandra Markle often writes about problem-solving and creative thinking. A VISIT with SANDRA MARKLE will be packed full of Reading and Science Magic--aka discovery-learning activities that stretch from the curriculum to life. Sandra Markle will connect these activities to her books introducing the three kinds of children's nonfiction she writes: Docudrama (real life science in action), Faction (fictional stories where all the information about animals or the world is factual), FUNction (brief bursts of cool-to-know information plus a chance to think, imagine, and apply what was discovered). These are Sandra Markle’s personal nonfiction categories and the goal of all three is to make reading about science topics so much fun learning just slips in and sticks. Sandra Markle will, of course, perform a little WOW Science Magic because she was Ms. Whiz on television in Atlanta, Georgia for a number of years and loves science magic. She’ll also tell some of her firsthand research experiences, such as camping out with 60,000+ Adelie penguins while they raised their chicks, surviving a fierce Antarctic blizzard, being present for Sally Ride’s first US woman in space launch--and much more. She’ll also share some of the most, amazing, and heart-grabbing interviews with people she’s had the privilege to meet through the course of writing her books. And, since everyone will be visiting her at home, there will be a peek inside the Book Closet, a large closet full of the 250+ titles she’s published and some totally fun souvenirs. It’s a moment that anyone Virtual Visiting her at home always loves. There will also be several pauses to allow time for Sandra Markle to answer questions from the audience. Sandra Markle will end with a WOW finale of Science Magic just because it’s fun!

A VISIT with SANDRA MARKLE is guaranteed to leave her audience smiling and inspired!