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Engineers design our modern world. They combine science and technology to create incredible vehicles, structures, and objects. This title examines amazing feats of electrical engineering. Engaging text explores the global positioning system, solar power plants, and self-driving cars. It also examines the engineers who made these projects a reality and traces the history of the discipline. Relevant sidebars, stunning photos, and a glossary aid readers'...
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STEAM kit includes Snap Circuits Rover car, remote, and 36 snap pieces with an instruction manual and book. Vroom... have FUN building your own RC Snap Rover using colorful Snap Circuits parts! This innovative kit offers a fun, hands-on education in electronics, allowing kids to create rovers and other fun devices by snapping together working circuitry.
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"Nikola Tesla invented the radio, robots, and remote control. His electric induction motors run our appliances and factories, yet he has been largely overlooked by history. In [this book, the author] presents a comprehensive portrait of this farsighted and underappreciated mastermind"--Amazon.com.
6) Electricians
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Simple text and photographs describes what it takes to be an electrician, the jobs that electricians do, and their importance in the neighborhood.
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Drawn from the life of Nikola Tesla, one of the greatest inventors of his time, Lightning is a captivating tale of one man's curious fascination with the marvels of science. Echenoz traces the notable career of Gregor, a precocious young engineer from Eastern Europe, who travels across the Atlantic at the age of twenty-eight to work alongside Thomas Edison, with whom he later holds a long-lasting rivalry. After his discovery of alternating current,...
11) Thomas Edison
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2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
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Highlights the life and accomplishments of the inventor of the phonograph, the electric light bulb, and many other devices.
14) Amazing Magnets
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STEAM kit includes 20 challenge cards, assorted types of magnets, and assorted items for experiments. Explore the wonders of magnetism as you make magnets float in midair, go on a magnetic scavenger hunt... even see how a magnet's poles work! Kit comes with magnetic wands, horseshoes, bar magnets and more. Activity cards feature exciting experiments, each with an explanation on the back to reinforce key concepts and ideas!