Olson, Elsie
Summary: This title explores tools, methods, discoveries, and careers in the Engineering field. Accompanying the main text are activities from a mini flashlight to a test-and-fly glider. These crafts encourage readers to engage with what they learned, solidifying their new knowledge. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J507.8 OLSEboch, M. M.
Summary: Mechanical engineers design machines to improve transportation, explore the solar system, and save lives. Mechanical Engineering in the Real Worldexamines the history of this branch of engineering, what mechanical engineers do today, and what's next for the field. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 621 EBOHall, Rose
Summary: Engineering helps shape the world around us, from the houses and cities we live in, to the way we travel, and even the sound of the music we listen to. Lift the flaps in this fascinating book to discover how engineering works, the many things engineers do, and how engineers are building a better world. Also includes links to websites with more engineering triumphs, and activities and projects...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT STEM HallKeppeler, Sam
Summary: Why do people build with arches? Why do we use stone in some places and wood in others? What's a foundation? How do you plan a road or construct a bridge? The answers to these questions can help gamers in Minecraft and in the real world! Through building their own structures and systems in Minecraft, young readers and gaming fans will learn about the past and present of human engineering, with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J STEM KeppelerLoureiro, Stephanie
Summary: "A lot goes in to being a winning athlete or team. In the book, readers will learn how engineering can help athletes perform their best. Learning about specially engineered equipment, training methods, and even surgeries will help readers understand how much work is behind engineering a win. Colorful and clear graphics, such as maps, charts, and infographics, give readers an alternative to text...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Sport Graph LoureiroHeinecke, Liz Lee
Summary: "The creative projects in STEAM Lab for Kids are designed to demonstrate that there's math and science to be found in great art! From rubber bands to edible stained glass, young engineers and artists alike will find inspiration in these 52 art-forward labs." -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quarry Books 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Felix, Rebecca
Summary: Design, arrange, construct, and experiment with Cool Engineering Projects! Kids can learn how to build a colorful working catapult, assemble a simple-machine maze, and more! Each workshop project includes easy-to-read, step-by-step instructions paired with photographs. Budding craftspeople and engineers will love learning how to use the tools of the trade to make one-of-a-kind creations. --Amazon
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Publishing 2017
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 620.1 FELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J745.5 FELMercer, Bobby
Summary: "Children love challenges, especially ones that involve hands-on experimentation and friendly competition. Can they build a bridge using only pasta and glue, one that a toy car can drive both under and over, and is sturdy enough to carry a considerable weight? Can they construct a "roller coaster" from recycled cardboard tubes in which the marble "car" jumps a track to land safely at its final...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 620 MERWilson, Edward O.
Summary: In this profound and lyrical book, one of our most celebrated biologists offers a sweeping examination of the relationship between the humanities and the sciences: what they offer to each other, how they can be united, and where they still fall short.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 WILSummary: "Book advocate Colby Sharp presents more than forty beloved, award-winning, diverse and bestselling authors and illustrators in a creative challenge! Colby Sharp invited more than forty authors and illustrators to provide story starters for each other; photos, drawings, poems, prose, or anything they could dream up. When they received their prompts, they responded by transforming these seeds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 810.8 CREFox, Matthew
Contents: Preface: Creative spirit, holy spirit -- Who are we as a species? -- Creativity, our true nature -- Where does creativity come from? -- What happens when the creative spirit and we co-create? -- Adam and Prometheus, creativity and the Christ : is original sin the refusal to create, and is redemption the liberation of creativity? -- Revisioning Easter and Pentecost : rolling away the obstacles...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Circles the globe to re-examine history's most magnificent civilizations by surveying the architectural and engineering triumphs they left behind" -- Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: History Channel 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ENGHirsch, Rebecca E.
Summary: "Each spread throughout this book explores a breakthrough in the history of engineering, complete with hilarious commentary from Garfield the cat--who would really rather be taking a nap"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 620 HIRBoyd, Jenny
Summary: B.B. King, Joni Mitchell, Keith Richards, Queen Latifah and more than 70 other iconic musicians discuss the creative process in exclusive interviews.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 BOYSummary: Look around you. Great masterpieces of engineering are everywhere. As soon as you get out of bed in the morning, you are putting centuries of scientific and mechanical ingenuity to use. So familiar are these structures, inventions, and services that they are all but invisible. Yet they are just as remarkable as great works such as the Parthenon, the Eiffel Tower, and the Panama Canal. Everyday...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 620 EVECall number: DVD 620 EVE
Metzl, Jamie Frederic
Summary: From leading geopolitical expert and technology futurist Jamie Metzl comes a groundbreaking exploration of the many ways genetic-engineering is shaking the core foundations of our lives -- sex, war, love, and death.At the dawn of the genetics revolution, our DNA is becoming as readable, writable, and hackable as our information technology. But as humanity starts retooling our own genetic code,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2019
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Summary: "Mathematical Mindsets provides practical strategies and activities to help teachers and parents show all children, even those who are convinced that they are bad at math, that they can enjoy and succeed in math. Jo Boaler--Stanford researcher, professor of math education, and expert on math learning--has studied why students don't like math and often fail in math classes. She's followed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass & Pfeiffer Imprints 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 510 BOABlum, Jeremy.
Summary: Learn to easily build gadgets, gizmos, robots, and more using Arduino Written by Arduino expert Jeremy Blum, this unique book uses the popular Arduino microcontroller platform as an instrument to teach you about topics in electrical engineering, programming, and human-computer interaction. Whether you're a budding hobbyist or an engineer, you'll benefit from the perfectly paced lessons that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629 BLUBrandt, Anthony K.
Summary: This powerful, wide-ranging exploration of human creativity explores how individuals, organizations, and educational institutions can benefit from fostering it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 BRAJacoby, Jenny
Summary: Text and illustrations presents a collection of facts about engineering.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pavilion Children's Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 620 JACOgle, Richard.
Contents: Outing the mind -- Spaces to think with : reason, imagination, and the discovery of DNA -- Genius, imagination, and the nature of mind -- The fools on the hill : tipping points and the microcomputer revolution -- Darwinian networks, or why the fit get fitter -- The mathematical ecology of creativity -- Sex and the single doll : Barbie, Ruth Handler, and the navigation problem -- Think different...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Business School Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.3 OGLRice, Elizabeth.
Summary: "Examines the two sides of the debate related to genetic engineering and each of their benefits and dangers, including the implications in medicine, cloning, the environment, agriculture, and more"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Knauer, Thomas
Summary: "In this tribute to today's vibrant quilting community, prize-winning quilter and teacher Thomas Knauer showcases a stunning collection of quilts from a wide range of contemporary makers, accompanied by their testimonials about what inspires and imbues their craft with meaning. Why We Quilt blends bits of this history with the stories and work of today's leading quilters, highlighting themes of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 KNAChopra, Deepak
Summary: New York Times bestselling author Deepak Chopra unlocks the secrets to moving beyond our present limitations to access a field of infinite possibilities. How does one do this? By becoming metahuman. To be metahuman, however, isn't science fiction and is certainly not about being a superhero. To be metahuman means to move past the limitation constructed by the mind and enter a new state of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2019