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81) Garbage Trucks
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Garbage trucks crush, collect, and carry waste and without them, life could get very messy indeed! Young readers will learn more about the huge trucks they probably see every week but may not know much about. Intriguing facts about these extra-large trucks will draw students in, as will full-color photographs of different kinds of garbage trucks at work. Information about the real-world issues that trucks help us deal with aids readers in considering...
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Female engineers are hard at work designing the technology and infrastructure of our modern world. Women in Engineering looks at individuals who are making a major difference in this field. Compelling text, full-color photos, and helpful back matter highlight these women and their work. Features include a table of contents, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
83) Cams and Cranks
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This book will introduce beginning readers to the world of cams and cranks. Real-world, vivid full-color photographs, examples, and simple text will introduce young readers to motion and the many functions of cams and cranks.
84) Pulleys
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Pulleys help us lift and lower things with ease! This title uses simple text and diagrams to explain the functions of these simple machines, and an experiment lets readers try out their own pulleys! Beginning readers will be pulled into this title that explores the historical and modern uses of these helpful machines.
85) Monster Diggers
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The largest diggers are extreme excavators. Some have buckets wider than houses or multiple buckets attached to spinning wheels. These diggers dominate the scene at many construction sites and surface mines. Let them dominate your reading time!
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Readers likely use the wheel and axle machine every day in the form of doorknobs and faucet handles, but this fascinating invention is often overlooked. This book helps readers understand how the wheel and axle simple machine is all around them and helps build compound machines. Approachable text provides lasting knowledge about the forces that make these devices work. Bright full-color photographs including a picture gallery showing familiar objects...
87) Combat Planes
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From the wood and canvas biplanes of World War One to the latest vertical takeoff stealth fighters and pilotless drones of the world's air forces, twelve dioramic scenes reveal how combat aircraft have gradually become the sophisticated stealth machines of today.
88) Wheels and Axles
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Each book in this series focuses on a type of simple mechanism and examines how it is used to make different toys work. This book examines wheels and axles, and uses simple language and labeled photographs to explain the scientific principles behind their use.
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In Simple Machines: Pulley, young learners in grades 1–3 will explore what a pulley system is and why it is so useful. This 24-page title uses real-world examples of simple machine mechanisms and explains how these feats of engineering can make daily work less difficult to complete. The Simple Machines series for grades 1–3 explains how basic mechanical devices, that are used for applying a force, can help make daily tasks much easier. Featuring...
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Mining can be a dirty and dangerous business. Some mines are difficult, if not impossible, for humans to reach. Enter our ever-evolving world of robotics. They help clean up mining disasters, drill into the ocean floor, and more. Young readers will "dig" the informational text, intriguing facts, and full-color images. A "Words to Know" feature helps students master new vocabulary. Mining Robots includes an activity that shows readers how to make their...
92) Dump Trucks
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What's enormous, often brightly colored, and capable of carrying a lot of dirt? Dump trucks! These extra-large machines help people move dirt, sand, or other materials to or from construction sites. This book highlights types of dump trucks and the many important jobs they help us do. Detailed but manageable text will help young readers connect STEM principles to these massive machines, and photographs will draw them into the subject matter with real-life...
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Kids can expand their knowledge about forklift drivers and how forklifts work with this introductory title. They'll learn the purpose of counterweights and discover what a telescopic forklift is. Great for bilingual readers, as well as Spanish-speakers learning English and English-speakers learning Spanish.
94) Pulleys
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This book will introduce beginning readers to the basics of simple machines and physics, specifically pulleys. Real-world, full-color photographs and simple text will inspire young scientists to explore the wonders of pulleys.
95) Monster Trucks
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Monster trucks weigh about 10,000 pounds. They look like pickup trucks with huge wheels. Learn more about these machines in
Monster Trucks, part of the Monster Machines series.
96) Backhoes
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Digging machines fascinate many young children. Backhoes are extra-large machines that draw earth backward instead of lifting it forward like shovels or other digging machines do. They can be found at many work sites, building roads and digging the foundations for people's homes and other buildings, even skyscrapers. This book explores the different types of backhoes and how they've helped people do jobs for many years. Full-color photographs of backhoes...
97) Heavy Equipment
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Discover Series Books for Babies,Toddlers Get ready for some rough and tumble trucks! In this Discover Series title, 28 tractors, excavators, forklifts and more are featured in big, colorful photographs on white backgrounds. Used as a jumpstart for interaction, Discover Series Picture Books are a great way to introduce new images, words and concepts to kids. The Discover Series Books feature a large photo and a word or two to name the photo. These...
98) M109A6 Paladins
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The M109A6 Paladin is a large, mobile howitzer. It can fire rounds several miles to support ground forces. Readers will learn about the features that make the Paladin successful, how it performs on the battlefield, and common Paladin missions.
99) Wheels and Axles
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Did you know the first wheel and axle was not used for transportation, but rather for making pottery? In this title, students will learn about the functions and long history of these simple machines. They can also test out new knowledge with easy experiments. From bicycles to doorknobs, young readers will learn how wheels and axles keep our world spinning!
100) Diggers
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It's always fun to dig in the dirt, and one amazing machine takes that fun to a new level for beginning readers to discover. This book, teaches readers all about diggers, how they work, and how, they help, make life easier for people. Facts about the parts of diggers and the jobs they do are, presented through accessible text and colorful photographs, so even the youngest of readers can learn about these powerful digging machines.
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