Science And Technology category: 927 books
by Valerie Estelle Frankel
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Throughout the world of story, the heroine’s journey story pattern has always existed – less common than the hero’s journey, perhaps, but just as dramatic and transformative. The great children’s classics like Alice in Wonderland and Narnia show young girls redeeming the world with faith and...
Make: Tech DIY
Easy Electronics Projects for Parents and Kids
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
Kid Crafts introduces younger children to the magic of electronics through the softer side of circuits! Young explorers will learn about electronics through sewing and craft projects aimed at maker parents and their children, elementary school teachers, and kids' activity leaders. Each project introduces...
by Kate Hayden
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
With Eyewitness Readers, children will learn to read ---- then read to learn! What does it take to hold down a job in zero gravity? Find out what it's really like to be an Astronaut: Living in Space.
Longer sentences and an expanded vocabulary make this series books slightly more challenging:...
by Tod Olson
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
April 13, 1970: Two hundred thousand miles from Earth and counting, an explosion rips through Jim Lovell's spacecraft. The crippled ship hurtles toward the moon at three times the speed of sound, losing power and leaking oxygen into space. Lovell and his crew were two days from the dream of a lifetime...
Nefertiti, the spidernaut
The Jumping Spider Who Learned to Hunt in Space
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2016
THE AMAZING VOYAGE OF NEFERTITI, THE SPIDERNAUT --
Most spiders spin a web and passively wait for prey to come to them. Jumping spiders, by contrast, actively hunt by jumping to catch their food. What if a jumping spider was sent to the International Space Station? When it jumped, it would...
Team Moon
How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2006
“This behind-the-scenes look at the first Apollo moon landing has the feel of a public television documentary in its breadth and detail” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Here is a rare perspective on a story we only thought we knew. For Apollo 11, the first moon landing, is a story...
by Marty Gitlin
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2019
Ports, harbors and dams all serve great purposes. Dams prevent flooding. They provide a wall against onrushing water to protect people below. Ports and harbors allow ships to arrive from all over the world. Those ships import and export goods that people use. They create jobs and boost the economy....
by Fredrick Accum
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
A Practical Treatise on Gas-light
The following pages are intended to exhibit a summary view of the new art of procuring light, by means of carburetted hydrogen gas obtained from pit-coal, and which of late has been employed with unparalelled success, as a substitute for candles and lamps,...
The Everything Kids' Astronomy Book
Blast into outer space with stellar facts, intergalatic trivia, and out-of-this-world puzzles
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Explore the galaxies!
Aliens, space ships, and constellations, oh my! Ride on a rocket ship to another galaxy with this stellar book. With The Everything Kids' Astronomy Book, astronomers-in-training will learn:
How galaxies like the Milky Way were built.
Why the sun's surface is 20,000-50,000-degrees...
Amazing Solar System Projects
You Can Build Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Amazing Solar System Projects You Can Build Yourself introduces readers ages 9 and up to the basic elements of the solar system with over 25 hands-on building projects and activities. Readers learn about the sun, the planets and their moons, meteors and comets, and the amazing tools that astronomers...
by Nick Willoughby
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
The easy way for kids to get started with filmmaking
If you've been bitten by the filmmaking bug—even if you don't have a background in video or access to fancy equipment—Digital Filmmaking For Kids makes it easy to get up and running with digital filmmaking! This fun and friendly guide...
by Ian Cinnamon, Romi Kadri, Fitz Tepper
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
Design, build, and pilot custom drones―no prior experience necessary!
This fun guide shows, step-by-step, how to construct powerful drones from inexpensive parts, add personalized features, and become a full-fledged pilot. DIY Drones for the Evil Genius: Design, Build, and Customize Your...
Projects for the Young Mechanic
Over 250 Classic Instructions & Plans
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
From creating artificial pearls to building a steam boiler, these vintage projects for indoors and outdoors offer a tremendous range of possibilities. Over 250 classic plans and instructions explain how to make model airplanes, greeting cards, a motion-picture camera, a radiophone, a cipher code,...
ReMaking History, Volume 2
Industrial Revolutionaries
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Industrial Revolutionaries is the second volume in William Gurstelle's unique exploration of history's great inventors. Each chapter revisits the life and times of one of the forward-thinking revolutionaries who helped create the world we live in. You will not only learn about their great inventions,...