Canals and Dams!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids

Description

In Canals and Dams! With 25 Science Projects for Kids, kids ages 7 to 10 explore these feats of engineering and discover the science behind the structures. Elementary school kids learn the laws of physics that create electricity from water, and discover what engineers and construction teams had to do to stay safe when building canals and dams. Readers engage in student-driven STEAM activities that reinforce learning and allow for plenty of discovery about the engineering design process, simple machines, and the laws of physics!

Anita Yasuda is the author of more than 100 books for children. In 2013, she won the Honor Book award, Science for grades K-12, Society of School Librarians International for Explore Flight! With 25 Great Projects and in 2012, she won the gold Moonbeam award for her book Explore The Wild West! 25 Great Activities. She is a member of the Society of Children's Books Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI). She lives with her family in Huntington Beach, California. Mike Crosier holds an MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies. He is the illustrator of several books from Nomad Press, including Explore Greek Myths! With 25 Great Projects and Video Games: Design and Code Your Own Adventure. He lives in White River Junction, Vermont.

Explore Simple Machines! With 25 Great Projects: National Science Teachers Association - . . . This is not your usual activity book. Written for the student, with inquiry in mind, the explanations are simple and easy to follow, and there is an explanation of what is happening and questions to extend the learning. I would use this book with young scientists in my class, and I would also put the materials in a center for young children to explore, make, and do . . .I honestly didn't think simple machines were fun or easy to understand. This book changed that for me and for my students." School Library Connection . . . Engaging and easy to read. Interested students will have no trouble reading and exploring the content on their own, but it could also be used by a teacher to plan STEM lessons and centers. . . would make a good addition to any library's STEM collection and will serve as a great resource for both students and teachers. Recommended Explore Simple Machines! With 25 Great Projects Booklist . . . Yasuda writes in particularly clear, simple language, and intersperses her explanations with historical notes, jokes that even the target audience will find laughably lame ('What did the apple say to the wedge? You split me up!') and 25 easy projects or demonstrations constructed from common materials. She also repeatedly urges readers to spot and classify the simple machines that are all around, encourages the use of a science notebook, and closes her discourse with descriptions of what inventors and engineers do. Illustrated with simple black-and-white cartoons and capped with well-considered lists of print and other resources, this makes a serviceable hands-on guide to the topic."