Janet Slingerland
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 3
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Nanotechnology covers the amazing advances scientists and engineers have made in microscopic technology, including applications in medicine, safety gear, self-cleaning surfaces, and tiny computers. High-impact photos and explanatory graphics and charts bring scientific concepts to life. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index
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Explains the process programmers use to create a video game, including key concepts such as game mechanics and user interfaces. Easy-to-read text, informative sidebars, and helpful diagrams make this book an engaging read for avid technology fans and readers who are new to computer coding.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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The Eiffel Tower, build for a World's Fair in 1889, has become a permanent symbol of the city of Paris, France. Engineering the Eiffel Towerintroduces readers to its designer, Gustave Eiffel, shows how workers assembled the gigantic tower, and looks at how maintenance crews keep it standing today. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Start your engines and get ready to learn all about the exciting world of motorcycle racing! Readers will be turning the pages to discover the history of motorcycle racing, what a typical race day looks like, and more about the sport.
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Let's have some fun! Use Scratch, a language developed by The Lifelong Kindergarten Group at MIT Media Lab, to create code that animates, makes music, plays games, and draws shapes. This Makerspace title supports NGSS Waves and Their Application in Technologies for Information Transfer.
7) Wi-Fi
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Introduces readers to the science that makes Wi-Fi possible. Accessible text, helpful diagrams, and a "How Does It Work?" feature make this book an exciting introduction to understanding technology.
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Illustrates the differences between quiet and loud. Explains what makes a sound quiet or loud and how they affect everyday life. Colorful photographs and diagrams help illustrate each science concept. A chart compares the concepts head-to-head to help solidify readers' grasp of the material. Additional features include a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research. Science is full of opposites that are present...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Find out how the atmosphere makes the sky look blue during the day, orange, and red at sunrise and sunset. Additional features to aid comprehension include colorful images, informational diagrams, hands-on activities, detailed captions and callouts, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author. Activities for further learning Author/Illustrator biography Index Sources for further research...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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Find out how raindrops in the air bend sunlight to turn it into a colorful rainbow. Additional features to aid comprehension include colorful images, informational diagrams, hands-on activities, detailed captions and callouts, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Sports scientists and engineers develop new equipment, improve athletic performance, and keep players safe from injury. Sports Science and Technology in the Real World examines the history of these branches of science and engineering, what sports scientists and engineers do today, and what's next for these fields. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents,...
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Atoms and molecules are the basic building blocks of matter. Matter is every physical thing around us in the universe, including our own bodies! In Explore Atoms and Molecules! With 25 Great Projects, readers ages 7 to 10 investigate the structure of atoms and learn how atoms fit together to form molecules and materials.If everything is made out of atoms and molecules, why do people look different from dogs and doorknobs? In Explore Atoms and Molecules,...
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Plants may look innocent, but they're sneaky, tricky, secretive little buggers. You could watch them all day and they would never move an inch. But hidden from your eyes, their roots, leaves, and blossoms are always working. From photosynthesis to reproduction, get ready to uncover the science of plants and the secrets that they keep.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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In cartoon format, uses werewolves to explain and illustrate the science involved in states of matter. Fully translated Spanish text. En esta novela gráfica, los hombres lobo explican e ilustran la ciencia de los estados de la materia.
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2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"Brings to light 12 forgotten war stories such as George Washington's Immortals, a group of citizen-soldiers from Maryland who changed the course of the American Revolution; Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic who saved the lives of an estimated 2,500 Jewish children during the Holocaust; and more. The book features historic photos, interesting sidebars, and thought-provoking prompts."--Amazon.com.