Engineering an Awesome Recycling Centre: Graphic Science and Engineering in Action

Description

Max Axiom has a mission. The city mayor needs a recycling centre to decrease pressure on its bulging landfill. Join Max as he uses the engineering process to design and build an awesome recycling centre. Max Axiom super cool super scientist extraordinaire is back in action in these nonfiction graphic novels Using the powers he acquired in a freak accident Max demonstrates and explores these science technology engineering and math STEM concepts in ways never before experienced in the classroom. See firsthand how cool and exciting science can be

Marcelo Baez is a professional illustrator and designer who has worked for international clients such as Microsoft, ESPN Magazine, Dallas Observer, The Weekend Australian Magazine just to name a few. Children's author Nikole Brooks Bethea is a licensed professional engineer. She received a Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Florida. Through her writing, she hopes to inspire a child's interest in science.

Max Axiom, the supercharged scientist of series past, moves from the natural world into the realm of high-tech (mostly) in this graphic novel-style STEM-focused subset. In Scientists and in Engineers he puts together teams for, respectively, a science fair and a lunar colony by zipping from the International Space Station to the ocean's bottom for quick interviews with a range of STEM specialists. The other two volumes are more process oriented, following each stage in the design and construction of a super skateboard and a large recycling facility. Sidebars clarify and expand upon information presented in the narratives. Enhanced by their visual format, resource lists, and closing spreads containing historical background notes and additional information, these volumes offer stimulating glances at their topics-- "School Library Journal, Series Made Simple"