Explore Simple Machines! by Anita Yasuda

Explore Simple Machines! by Anita Yasuda

From zippers to the Pyramids, rolling pins to catapults, we are surrounded by simple machines. This book will amaze kids with the ingenuity they already possess and inspire them to look differently at the objects they use everyday.
Explore Simple Machines! With 25 Great Projects introduces kids to the concept of mechanical advantage, and harnesses kid-power by inviting them to build machines of their own design. It opens their eyes to the diversity of machines in their lives, and sparks the imagination with challenge, humor, and achievable projects.
Explore Simple Machines! dedicates a chapter to each of the six simple machines that were identified centuries ago: levers, inclined planes, pulleys, screws, wedges, and wheels & axles. Kids will develop analytical skills as they figure out where force is applied and what kind of work it generates. This book meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction and is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.

Anita Yasuda is the author of over 100 children's books. Discover Flying! won the Honor Book award, Science for grades K-12, from the Society of School Librarians International in 2013. She is an SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) member. She lives in both California and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781936313822
ISBN 10	1936313820
Title	Explore Simple Machines!
Author	Anita Yasuda
Series	Explore Your World Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Nomad Press
Year published	2011-10-20
Number of pages	96
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.