"This intriguing title offers ten engaging projects that will help readers understand firsthand through their own imaginative designs. Each activity includes step-by-step directions and helpful illustrations that challenge readers to create a variety of devices, from a recycling sorting machine to a useful cell phone stand"--Amazon.
She Can STEM highlights the curiosity, creativity, and perseverance of 50 leading historical and modern physicists, chemists, biologists, and ecologists, pairing each biography with a hands-on project.
Even though it will be many years until elementary readers can drive a car, that doesn't stop many from being absolutely obsessed with them! Muscle cars, off-road cars, and racers are some of the most popular. But kids may not realize that it doesn't matter what a car is used for: there are many commonalities between all cars. In this book, readers learn the different parts of cars, including the dashboard. STEM content, such as how engines work, is seamlessly incorporated with car-focused information for the most auto-obsessed readers.
Today, there are many kinds of trains. From steam engines to maglev trains, they're all amazing pieces of technology that many kids love to learn about. They may carry passengers or freight, but trains have many of the same parts. This title takes young readers right into a train's engine to learn how to drive one! Including interesting STEM content and a friendly narrator, this title caters to elementary readers with carefully written language and age-appropriate detail perfect for the most train-obsessed kid!
What do robotics engineers do? How do you become an electrical engineer? Would marine engineering be a good career for you? This book answers these questions and more as it provides readers with a path from classroom to the career of their dreams. Readers will find plenty of information about different careers in the field of engineering through exciting fact boxes, sidebars, and photographs of a day in the life of an engineer. This book is an excellent addition to any STEM curriculum and can help students prepare for their next steps in an exciting engineering career
"Trucks are often made with a job to do. Fire engines are a kind of truck; so are garbage and recycling vehicles. But, of course, some people just like to drive pick-up trucks for no other reason than how they drive and how they look! Elementary readers are introduced to these many trucks, their common parts and how one drives a truck in this colorful title. STEM content is imparted throughout, including how loads are moved, as a friendly narrator guides truck lovers through this title"--Amazon.
There is nothing more important when driving a motorcycle than staying safe and wearing the right gear. These vehicles can be very dangerous. So, when a kid is interested in driving one someday, a book all about their parts, how they work, and more, is a perfect fit! This fun, colorful title introduces young readers to the specifics of motorcycles and motorcycle driving in age-appropriate detail, incorporating STEM content along the way. A friendly guide sees readers through each lesson.
"Create beautiful nature pieces that show your appreciation for planet Earth with scrap metal art! Get inspired with crafts that sculpt plants and more from everyday metal objects and junk drawer finds. You might craft a honeycomb hive from metal nuts or a delicate tree from wire and leftover beads. With creativity and imagination, you'll transform simple scraps into nature art!"--
Many young children cheer at the sight of a digger. Diggers, or excavators, are construction vehicles that dig and lift heavy things. They are huge machines and seem like lots of fun to drive! In this book, readers can fulfill their dream of learning to drive one long before they're actually old enough. From the parts of the vehicle to how the controls work, the main content of this book covers everything a vehicle enthusiast could want to know. STEM ideas are incorporated throughout, written simply just for emerging readers.
"Smartphones are a part of daily life, whether you own one yet or have to borrow one to get in touch with your friends and family. These . . . devices allow users to make calls, take photographs and videos, check email, play games, and much more, thanks to apps, but how do smartphones work? Readers will find out about these tiny computers that revolutionized communication in the short time they've been developing"--Provided by publisher.