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Mar 2024
20m 58s

M.C. Detective Agency - Chapter 6 - Time...

Eric O'Keeffe / Starglow Media
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Poppi and Ray are headed to the Caribbean in 1707 for their most fantastical time-travel adventure yet. They’ll need your help learning about ions and ionic compounds as they prepare to face the dreaded pirate Chlorine Clive, a notorious electron thief! 

The M.C. Detective Agency is a comic book series written by Colleen Kelley, Ph.D., as part of Kids Chemical Solutions. These comics help kids get an early introduction to chemistry and master material taught at the college level. The four-part comic book series, along with activity packets and sample lesson plans, are available at kidschemicalsolutions.com

Click here for their free Periodic Table with Ions! It’s also got some of Ray’s Rules to help you solve the case. You can also check out Chemistry Colleen on YouTube.

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What If World is made by Eric and Karen O'Keeffe. A big thanks to our producer Miss Lynn. Our podcast art is by Jason O’Keefe, and our theme song is by Craig Martinson.

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