Exploring Distant Worlds as a Space Robot Engineer (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9781910549384)

Huddled in tense silence, a team of scientists watches a bank of flickering screens. Years of design and engineering work, tests, failures, redesigns, and successes are bound up in this moment. Finally, a grainy picture appears on the screens. Cheers erupt as the men and women realize their robot has landed safely on Mars! Get to Work with Science and Technology is a fascinating new series that introduces readers to the real-life applications of STEM subjects. In Exploring Distant Worlds as a Space Robot Engineer, readers will meet the scientists who design and build robots, send them into space, and even drive the rovers that are exploring Mars today. Told in a lively narrative style, this book includes firsthand accounts of life as a space scientist and robotics engineer, dramatic anecdotes, and behind-the-scenes photos. Readers will also get the chance to try out their robot designing skills with activities that are perfect for science fair projects.

Author: Ruth Owen
ISBN-10: 191054938X
ISBN-13: 9781910549384
Publisher: Ruby Tuesday Books
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2015
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 10.10h x 8.00w x 0.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 177312 / Exploring Distant Worlds as a Space Robot Engineer


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 11/01/2015 pg. 20
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 pg. 153 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw