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Tops: Building and Experimenting with Spinning Toys
Published Book
Boston Children's Museum Activity Book
May 1989
Author:
Bernie Zubrowski
Illustrator:
Roy Doty
Grade 5-9-- The main purpose of this book is to promote fun--the enjoyment of constructing toys and then experimenting with them. Directions are given for building these toys in such a way that one characteristic of them can be changed, allowing experimenters to compare the behavior of two...
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Master Engineer - Rockets
Published Book
Silver Dolphin Books
January 2010
Author:
Paul Beck
"T-minus ten . . . nine . . . eight . . ." the countdown begins. Anticipation swells. The crowd holds their breath. The engines roar to life, and the massive rocket slowly rises from the vapor on the launch pad, defying gravity as it disappears into the sky. Fortunately, you...
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What does it have to do with engineering?
With clear and understandable descriptions, Master Engineer- Rockets will help children understand the different aspects that go into building this technology. Using simplified principles of physics and engineering, it will tell how it is possible to make rockets do these amazing things. Included is a build-it-yourself model rocket that will capture the imagination of children, parents and teachers alike.
Energy Makes Things Happen (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
Published Book
Collins
January 2005
Author:
Kimberly Bradley
Illustrator:
Paul Meisel
This volume from the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out series takes on the relatively abstract idea of forces. A little longer and more complex than most texts for the series, this one starts with a common childhood experience, pushing toy cars across the floor--and gradually--introduces ideas such...
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What does it have to do with engineering?
Energy Makes Things Moves introduces complicated physics concepts in a way that young children would be able to understand. Drawing inspiration from everyday childhood experience, the properties are used in more educational and productive ways that children can understand and apply everyday.
Forces Make Things Move (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
Published Book
Collins
January 2002
Author:
Kimberly Bradley
Illustrator:
Paul Meisel
This worthy title uses familiar examples and a clear focus to introduce basic scientific concepts. An opening scene shows children playing ball, flying kites, and cooking and eating hot dogs, with a rock on a hill in the background. Bradley explains that inherent in the scenarios are...
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What does it have to do with engineering?
Forces Make Things Move describes the complicated concepts of physics in a way that a young child is able to understand and learn. The fun pictures enhance the experience and shows what the concept means in real life. The book introduces the subject simply so children can easily learn and apply physics in their everyday lives.
Gravity Is a Mystery (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
Published Book
Collins
January 2007
Author:
Franklyn Branley
Illustrator:
Edward Miller
This update of the 1970 edition remains a succinct and lively presentation of a baffling scientific phenomenon. Although Branley never defines gravity, its effect on life is clearly shown in terms easily comprehensible to its target audience. Madden's cartoon-like illustrations are...
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What does it have to do with engineering?
Gravity Is a Mystery teaches children about the unkown of science by teaching about Newton's theory of gravity. Not everything can be difinitively proven and this book can open their imaginations in that there are still many scientific discoveries waiting to happen.
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