{"product_id":"simple-machines-anita-yasuda-9781619308176","title":"Simple Machines!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids","description":"\u003cp\u003eDoes your coat have a zipper? Did you eat breakfast with a fork? You're using simple machines!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom butter knives to seesaws, rolling pins to catapults, we are surrounded by simple machines! \u003cem\u003eSimple Machines! With 25 Science Projects for Kids\u003c\/em\u003e astounds readers with the ingenuity they already possess and inspires them to look differently at the objects they use every day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do a fork and an axe have in common? How do pulleys get a flag up a flagpole? \u003cem\u003eSimple Machines\u003c\/em\u003e! introduces kids to the concept of mechanical advantage and harnesses kid-power by inviting them to build machines of their own design. This book also opens eyes and minds to the diversity of machines in their lives, and sparks the imagination with challenge, humor, and achievable projects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eSimple Machines!\u003c\/em\u003e dedicates a chapter to each of the six simple machines that were identified centuries ago: levers, inclined planes, pulleys, screws, wedges, and wheels and axles. Kids develop analytical skills as they figure out where force is applied and what kind of work it generates. Essential questions, fascinating facts, and links to online primary sources make student-led learning fun and productive! Through science-minded STEM projects and investigative engineering experiments, kids develop critical and creative thinking skills about the roles simple machines play in our world and their importance to human civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eSimple Machines!\u003c\/em\u003e is part of a set of two Explore Technology books that introduce young digital natives to the history, science, and engineering of the tech world in which we live, using hands-on STEM activities, essential questions, links to online primary sources and real-life connections. The other title in this series is \u003cem\u003eRobotics!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNomad Press books integrate content with participation. Common Core State Standards, the Next Generation Science Standards, and STEM Education all place project-based learning as key building blocks in education. Combining content with inquiry-based projects stimulates learning and makes it active and alive. Nomad's unique approach simultaneously grounds kids in factual knowledge while allowing them the space to be curious, creative, and critical thinkers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anita Yasuda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1619308177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781619308176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nomad Press (VT)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 7.80w x 0.40d","brand":"Anita Yasuda","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996380889343,"sku":"9781619308176","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_158c3a59-7bd7-46e8-a852-292bb89ae453.jpg?v=1683341363","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/simple-machines-anita-yasuda-9781619308176","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}