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Invention Hunters volume 4
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When the Invention Hunters visit a music store, a child helps them understand common concepts related to sound, including vibration, echoes, and sonic booms, and how objects such as drums and microphones work.
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"Think about the technology you use every day. What problems do these machines help you solve? Follow along with engaging illustrations, captivating photos, and fun text to learn all about the scientists and technology inventors who were brilliant people with big ideas"--
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Self-driving cars are a Modern Engineering Marvel! In this engaging title, readers will explore the history of cars from early steam-powered wagons to toady's luxury sedans. The father of Self-Driving Cars, Sebastian Thrun, is featured, and a colorful infographic shows how a Google Car works. Readers will learn about advancements in computer technology that made cars more automated and how car companies are continuing to expand the capabilities of...
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"Who would ever think milk could become a shirt? Or that we'd consider making umbrellas for our pets? Inventions can be incredible, intense, and inexplicable! Dive into the wacky world of inventions. Fun illustrations pair with bright photos to bring some of the craziest inventions to life!"--
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Examines the invention and development of the printing press, how it works, and how its role in speeding the dissemination of information revolutionized society. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and maps, charts, and diagrams
69) Littlebits
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"With LittleBits, you can build your own electronic devices using modules that snap together easily with magnets. With this book, students learn the art of innovation through detailed explanations and hands-on activities built to foster creativity and problem solving. Fun, engaging text introduces readers to new ideas and builds on maker-related concepts they may already know. Additional tools, including a glossary and an index, help students learn...
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"From the wheel to trampolines, these crazy inventions have changed our world. Learn about the ideas behind some of the most incredible inventions. This engaging hi-lo book draws in 4th and 5th grade readers with wild content while a 1st to 2nd grade reading level makes the information accessible. It's a roaring good time!"--
73) 3-D printers
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3-D Printers are a Modern Engineering Marvel! In this engaging title, readers will explore the history of printers, from punch cards, dot matrix, ink jet and laser all the way to today's 3-D printing! Charles Hull and his development of 3D layered plastic printing is featured, and a colorful infographic shows how a 3-D printer works. See the benefits of 3-D printing such as custom prosthetics and orthodontics! A timeline, a glossary, and an index...
74) Weird inventions
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"Humans are ingenious when it comes to meeting challenges. We invent all sorts of useful contraptions from the wheel to the can opener. But some of the things people have come up with are truly odd. Who came up with grass sandals, and why? Have you ever heard of a portable radio hat? Not many people have, but someone invented it. Get the inside scoop on these odd contraptions and many more weird inventions"--
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Ampliamente ilustrado, este libro dedica cada una de sus páginas dobles a la historia de un aparato u objeto cotidiano: lo vemos representado en diversos periodos y en las principales etapas de su evolución. Una manera emocionante de entender cómo, por ejemplo, pasamos de escribir sobre una tabla de arcilla al e-book o de la bicicleta de equilibrio a la bicicleta eléctrica y del cuarto oscuro a la cámara digital de hoy en día. Las ilustraciones...
77) Bionic eyes
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Bionic eyes are a Modern Engineering Marvel! In this engaging title, readers will explore the history of bionic eyes from early attempts to use electricity to aid vision to the development of computer chips that led to eye and brain implants. Mark Humayun and his development of the bionic eye implant is featured, and colorful infographics show eye anatomy and how implants work. See the future of bionic eyes as scientists work to restore sight in different...
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Young readers will learn the history and the science behind the telegraph in Super Simple Telegraph Projects. Then do the science-based projects like making an electric magnet or learning a flag alphabet and Morse code. This book has a timeline, easy-to-follow steps, how-to pictures, and, best of all, it's written for kids!
Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Applied to STEM & STEAM Concepts of Learning Principles.
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Virtual-reality headsets are a Modern Engineering Marvel! In this engaging title, readers will explore the history of virtual-reality immersion from the stereoscope and View-Master to flight simulators and arcade games to today's head mounted displays! Palmer Lucky and Occulus Rift are featured, and a colorful infographic shows how a virtual-reality headset works. Readers will learn about the future of virtual-reality headsets including military training...
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"The Kids' Invention Book takes you step-by-step through the invention process. You'll learn how to come up with an original idea, then how to test that idea and improve it until you have a product that really works. You'll even learn how to protect your invention so that now one else can make or sell it."--Cover.
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