Summary: Introduce viewers to three women who have found gainful employment in the engineering field. This program profiles Elizabeth Nethery, a product support engineer who tests and customizes prosthetics; Elisabeth Paul, a computer software engineer in the aerospace industry; and Daisy Lung, an environmental engineer who conducts site assessments for real estate clients. Commentary from co-workers...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO 2024
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J507.8 OLSSummary: It's one of the greatest breakthroughs in scientific history, but genetic engineering has also brought disturbing new questions. Should we push genetic research to its absolute limit, exploiting every discovery? What are the consequences of intervening in nature's processes at their most fundamental level? Outlining the potential benefits of genetic engineering, such as the treatment or cure of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: A Meridian Production. One 13-minute video.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Eboch, 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 621 EBOSummary: This program offers an overview of genetics and cloning as they occur both in nature and in the laboratory while addressing the ethical and social implications of genetic engineering. Genes, chromosomes, and DNA are identified, and the process of cell fertilization is demonstrated. Identical human twins are presented as an example of naturally occurring clones. The synthesis of human insulin...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: A Meridian Production. One 28-minute video.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Many scientists and consumers believe that genetic engineering will vastly improve life on Earth, while others believe it will spell the ruin of the planet. What are the facts behind the rhetoric and the hysteria? In this program, Dr. David Cove surveys past and probable future applications of genetic engineering while calmly presenting possible benefits and liabilities. The case is stated for...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: How does cDNA differ from normal DNA? Can a bullet really implant genes? And why is a gene for bioluminescence so valuable to researchers? This program answers those and other questions as it introduces the process of genetic engineering. Dr. David Cove deftly explains how reverse transcriptase is used to isolate genes, how isolated genes are cloned, how cloned genes are delivered via benign...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Any discussion of genetic engineering first requires a knowledge of how organisms replicate. In this program, Dr. David Cove describes the structure and function of DNA as he covers how coding sequences and promoters work together to create proteins from amino acids. DNA's remarkable suitability as a medium for duplicating the blueprints of life both rapidly and accurately in a simple yet...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Using original source footage, this program examines several major disasters, including the space shuttle Challenger, and discusses the scientific principles behind the engineering failures. Analyzing each project, a professional engineer uses practical demonstrations to illustrate the miscalculations that cause bridges to collapse, the fuselage of planes to crack, and the roofs of a newly...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Hall, 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Interlochen
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...
Format: text
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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Sport Graph LoureiroSummary: "The goal of the Engineering & Design Module is to teach kids to recognize challenges, turn them into opportunities, and identify scalable solutions to solve them. Topics in this module include puzzles, invention, construction, machines, architecture, curiosity. STEAM Academy offers an interdisciplinary approach that weaves together the science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in JPT Launchpad, Call number: J LAUNCHPAD ENGHeinecke, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quarry Books 2018
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 507.8 HEIFelix, 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
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Publishing 2017
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 620.1 FELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J745.5 FELSummary: Nick van Bloss possesses astonishing musical talent. He is also afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome. As this program illustrates, the two are often linked, leading those born with the disorder to view it as both a curse and a gift. Nick's journey-taking him from the humiliating loss of his career as a concert pianist toward a more self-assured acceptance of his condition-is not only inspiring;...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Mercer, 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2017
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 620 MERSummary: Still in its infancy, tissue engineering has already made it possible to grow human-based substitutes for basic bodily systems. In this program, experts from MIT, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Advanced Tissue Sciences, a commercial leader in tissue engineering technology, focus on synthesized skin and arteries, as well as cellular growth-inducing patches. Applications of these...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Wilson, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 WILSummary: This program brings together three psychologists who have transformed thinking about the role of creativity and emotion in maximizing human potential. In a conversation hosted by Yale University's Peter Salovey, Howard Gardner discusses his philosophy of multiple intelligences, Daniel Goleman expounds on emotional intelligence, and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi talks about flow. Interwoven throughout...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: "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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 2002