Tunnels!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids

Description

Need to get to the other side of a city or lake? Sometimes a bridge is the way to go, and sometimes a tunnel is best! In Tunnels! With 25 Science Projects for Kids, kids ages 7 to 10 explore the deep topic of tunnels-the engineering that goes into designing them, the way engineers and construction teams work together to build them, and the materials used to ensure the tunnels don't cave in! Readers learn all about tunnels while doing 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!

Jeanette Moore has been an educator for more than 15 years. She has published several elementary school ELA, history, and mathematics workbooks, has served as a content editor since 2012, and has developed several original mathematics games. She is author of Explore Shapes and Angles! from Nomad Press. 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.

Bridges and Tunnels: Investigate Feats of Engineering with 25 Projects: Children's Literature Review--The building of bridges and tunnels is a fascinating feat for engineers. Young readers curious about how these manmade structures are constructed will learn all about them. . . Teachers and parents will enjoy sharing and learning with this handy tool that will inspire any math or science student. School Library Connection This is a good nonfiction STEM-based book that provides a collection of activities perfect for enthusiastic readers or to combine with a makerspace. If you are looking for new engineering books for upper elementary school students this book would be a good choice. 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."