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SCHOLASTIC BOOKS
More than 30 titles under the Cartwheel, Franklin Watts, and Professional Books imprints.
WGBH/PBS
Materials for Design Squad, NOVA, and other programs.
PENGUIN
Cross-country car race board game to accompany the movie Speed Racer (2008).
GROLIER
Many hundreds (!) of games, quizzes, puzzles, and "Today in History" essays for online encyclopedias. (Sign up for a free trial here.)
SESAME STREET WORKSHOP
Board game for Panwapa Island, a multicultural muppet program from the "Big Bird" folks.
NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE
Bone Detective and Space Rocks are part of the Women's Adventures in Science series.
McGRAW-HILL
Jacques Cousteau and Sally Ride are dramatized biographies in the Ideas on Trial Series.
There's a model of a mummy embedded in the book.
SILVER DOLPHIN BOOKS
Books that come with toys: Explore Within an Egyptian Mummy, World of Inventors: Leonardo da Vinci, and Hovercrafts.
AUDUBON ADVENTURES
Many essays and activities for this national magazine.
KIDS DISCOVER
I wrote some 20 themed issues from astronauts to Yellowstone, and many topics in between.
GARETH STEVENS
Several crime science titles for tweens.
MICROZINE (Scholastic Software)
"Escape from Antcatraz," "The Balloonatics," and other interactive fiction scripts.
EDMARK/Riverdeep
Software scripts and activities about physics, astronauts, volcanoes, geometry, strategy games, and more.
MAGIC SCHOOL BUS
Activity guides for the Microsoft software and editorial science consulting for Scholastic's animated television show.
ARISTOPLAY
Mars 2020 and a dozen other high-quality, award-winning board games such as:
In the Land of Egypt
Who's at Home in the Animal Habitats?
NOVA True Science (with 900 questions!)
Top Dog: Live the Life of Rover in 6 Canine Adventures (a top seller in Finland!)
A Time for Native Americans (biographical card game)
Feeding Frenzy: A Population Balance Game
The Play's the Thing (Shakespeare)
KINETIC CITY SUPER CREW
Despite growing up on TV, I wrote humerous (I like to think) science mysteries for this children's radio show, produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The show won a 1996 Peabody Award for excellence.
Q. Why didn't I become a doctor?
A. Because I don't have the patients. (patience)
Hydrogen Ion: Help! Help! Someone just stole my electron.
Police Officer: Are you sure?
Hydrogen Ion: Yes, I'm positive.
Q: What did the duck say to the nuclear physicist?
A. Quark!
This isn't me, either.
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PRESIDENT, Hopping Fun Creations
My game and content development company.
EDITOR, The Story of Science series, by Joy Hakim (Smithsonian Press/HarperCollins)
Highly acclaimed titles include Aristotle Leads the Way, Newton at the Center, and Einstein Adds a New Dimension.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, Aristoplay
Aristoplay (now owned by Talicor) specializes in high-quality educational board games for families. I invented or developed more than a dozen successful products, including the well-reviewed Mars 2020 game.
FOUNDING EDITOR of SuperScience magazine (Scholastic)
We surpassed circulation goals for all three years of my leadership and won several AEP and Parent's Choice awards. I started my career at Scholastic as a reporter, editor, and columnist for Electronic Learning, Teaching and Computers, Futures and other Scholastic magazines.
Recommendation
“Lorraine Hopping Egan is a tour de force writer, editor, and creator of games. I learned an enormous amount under her tutelage at Scholastic and continue to be impressed by the books, games, and other materials she creates.” —Mary Kay Carson, associate editor of SuperScience
CO-OWNER of Hall of Fame Sports Books
Though our store in downtown Ann Arbor closed in 1996, we also produced a specialty catalog of sports books and collectibles. B.A. cum laude in French and English literature, Kalamazoo College
Certificate in French language, CAVILAM school in Vichy, France, and the Université de Caen in Normandy
Certified English language tutor, mentor, and group coordinator, Washtenaw Literacy. All the material on this website is copyright © 2000-2010 by Hopping Fun Creations unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to visitors to download, print, and use the "Freebie" reproducibles free of charge for educational use only. Reproduction, reposting, or distribution in any form or media is prohibited without the written permission of Hopping Fun Creations.
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Children's Books
Choose Your Move Adventures!
COMING LATER THIS YEAR: Adventures of a Crater Creature, The Stormy Voyage of Captain Reckless, and the Lost Pirates of Waylay Bay!
Chief Joseph: The Voice for Peace
COMING SEPT 2010, it's the sad, moving tale of the Nez Perce leader who lost his land, many of his people, and his life-long fight to keep the peace with settlers and soldiers. (Click for "Freebie" history puzzles.)
Bone Detective: The Story of Forensic Anthropologist Diane France
Is it possible to fall in love with bones? Try not to, after you read about Diane France's true-life science adventures, searching for and examining skeletons. A 2006 Outstanding Science Trade Book "Selector's Choice" (NSTA/CBC). Starred review in Booklist. 2007 Finalist, SB&F "Young Adult" science books!
Space Rocks: The Story of Planetary Geologist Adriana Ocampo
How did a young Argentine with an endless imagination make her dream of exploring space come true? Adriana Ocampo found her path to science adventure through space-traveling robots and crashing asteroids and comets! (Click for "Freebie" science quizzes.)
Crime Science
Autopsies/The Body as Evidence and Crime Scene Investigation!
Sports Hall of Fame
Venus and Serena, Peyton Manning, Michelle Kwan, and others for ages 6-9. (Click for "Freebie" sports quizzes.)
Wild Weather! Wild Earth!
Tornadoes! and Hurricanes! are my two best-selling books.
A NEW GAME!
Letter Perfect English
Coming soon, it's a must-have card game set for English language teachers and tutors. (Click for Freebies.)
Teacher's Books
Language Arts Games
Packed with ready–to-go, lively games and activities for teaching grammar, vocabulary, and dictionary skills. (Click for "Freebie" word search puzzles to download.)
25 Math Board Games!
This is my top seller for teachers. (Click for "Freebie" puzzles.)
Creative Approaches to Social Studies
15 Primary Source Activities: American History and American history games, both co-written by a middle school social studies teacher.
Game
Mars 2020
Race from Earth to Mars, an orbiting target, by fixing malfunctions and answering intriguing science questions. Or play the fast-paced, alternate version: a flat-out race, no questions asked.
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