Simple Machines

Simple Machines

by D. J. Ward and Mike Lowery
Epub (Kobo - Fixed Layout), Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 06/10/2015

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Read and find out about six simple machines—the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the ramp, the wedge, and the screw—in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.


Machines help make work easier, like when you need to lift something heavy or reach way up high. Can you adjust a seesaw to lift an elephant? What happens when you combine two or more simple machines? Read and find out out in the proven winner Simple Machines!


This clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom, uses clear explanations and simple, fun diagrams to explain how machines work. This book also includes a glossary and a find out more section with a lever experiment.


This is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:



  • hands-on and visual

  • acclaimed and trusted

  • great for classrooms


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  • Entertain and educate at the same time

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  • Developmentally appropriate for emerging readers

  • Focused; answering questions instead of using survey approach

  • Employ engaging picture book quality illustrations

  • Use simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skills

  • Feature hands-on activities to engage young scientists

  • Meet national science education standards

  • Written/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the field

  • Over 130 titles in print, meeting a wide range of kids' scientific interests


Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

ISBN:
9780062430908
9780062430908
Category:
Educational: Technology
Format:
Epub (Kobo - Fixed Layout), Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
06-10-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Mike Lowery

Mike Lowery has written and illustrated numerous children's books, including Random Illustrated Facts (author/illustrator) the Doodle Adventures series (author/illustrator), the Ken Jennings' Junior Genius Guide series, What Can a Crane Pick Up? by Rebecca Kai Dotlich, and Simple Machines by D.J. Ward. A professor illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design, he lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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