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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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"How do you land a car-sized rover on the surface of Mars, resolve a five-hour traffic jam or save a herd of caribou from near extinction? Ask an engineer! Engineers are problem solvers. They use their math, science and technology skills to find creative solutions to problems that need fixing. In Engineered! bestselling author Shannon Hunt explores nine feats of engineering and the step-by-step process that engineers followed to get to a winning solution....
3) Building
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Series
Language
English
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This guide offers everything you've ever wanted toknow about buildings–from how they are built and customized to the different materials that are used to keep them standing. With stunning full-color photographs as aids, see incredible stone gargoyles, where linenfold wood paneling is found, what a Japanese screen is made of, and how a hammer-beam roof is supported. Learn how stained glass is made, the difference between hipped and gabled roofs,
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Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"From a lowly mixture of stone, sand, water, and cement have sprung sidewalks, streets, and skyscrapers, . . . lighthouses and . . . palaces, long bridges and massive dams. In ancient building practices, in modern engineering, and in the architecture of the future, humble concrete plays a mighty role in the creation of the human-made world. With facts and . . . running narrative in the form of repartee-filled speech bubbles, [this book] is . . . informative...
9) Engineering
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Series
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"Crammed with mega machines, breathtaking buildings, and all the technology in between, this book has the real insider view on engineering"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Spectacular Science of Buildings is guaranteed to answer all those tricky questions that children ask about buildings, bridges, and other structures - and that parents often struggle to answer. Find out how did the Egyptians build the Great Pyramid of Giza? How can skyscrapers keep getting taller? How do guests stay warm in an ice hotel? And many, many more!"
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
An introduction to Leonardo da Vinci's genius focusing on his famous notebook sketches and the modern inventions they predicted.
In 1781, Thomas Paine came up with a model for a single-span bridge; in 1887, Adolf Eugen Fick made the first pair of contact lenses; and in 1907, Paul Cornu built the first helicopter. But Leonardo da Vinci thought of all these ideas more than five hundred years ago!
At once an artist, inventor, engineer, and scientist,...
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Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When the Invention Hunters, a group of globe-trotting invention collectors, visit a construction site in their flying museum, a boy helps them by explaining how simple machines like levers, pulleys, and cranks work"--
15) Castle
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
In this first-ever standalone full-color edition, Castle is lavishly reborn in digitally finished drawings rendered with felt-tip markers and colored pencils. Factual and artistic details shine in light of newly researched information. With characteristic zest and wit. Architecture enthusiasts of all ages will marvel at the staggering possibilities of human imagination and ingenuity.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Shares a portrait of the inventor famed for such innovations as the incandescent lightbulb, batteries, and movie cameras, exploring his life-changing achievements and perseverance in the face of numerous failures.
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Follow Bea, Archie, Trudy, and Spencer (otherwise known as the BATS!) as they crisscross the globe using every type of bridge: beam, arch, truss, and suspension. From ancient low-slung rope bridges to modern hi-tech towers of steel, they'll traverse 'em all. Their journey will take them through history and connect them with new ideas and different cultures. Along the way they'll identify the dangerous forces trying to bring bridges crashing down,...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The twelve scientists who are profiled here are women from all sorts of backgrounds who are currently rocking science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Each of them has a different story to tell about how she got to where she is today, but the one thing they have in common is that they are truly wonder women of science. Around the world there are many more women doing incredible work and breaking new ground in STEM fields--not to mention...
20) Extreme bridges
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Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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