Steampunk LEGO
by Guy Himber (Author)
Booktalk: Grab your brass goggles and join fictional explorer Sir Herbert Jobson as he travels the world cataloguing its technological wonders for Queen Victoria.
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It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
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A Teen Guide to Being Eco in Your Community
by Cath Senker (Author)
Booktalk: Realistic and practical advice about how teens can live an eco-conscious life, right now. They can take action by themselves, with their family, or as part of a school or community group.
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What’s in it for me?
By promoting and protecting nature, you can make the places where you live, study, and socialize more pleasant. You could help your family save money by reducing energy bills. If you can help reduce costs significantly, your parent or caregiver might reward you!
It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
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The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Discovery Book: A Beginner’s Guide to Building and Programming Robots
by Laurens Valk (Author)
Booktalk: Begin with the basics as you build and program a simple robot to experiment with motors, sensors, and EV3 programming. Then you’ll move on to a series of increasingly sophisticated robots that will show you how to work with advanced programming techniques like data wires, variables, and custom-made programming blocks. You’ll also learn essential building techniques like how to use beams, gears, and connector blocks effectively in your own designs. More than 150 building and programming challenges throughout encourage you to think creatively and apply what you’ve learned to invent your own robots.
Master the possibilities of the EV3 set as you build and program:
*The EXPLOR3R, a wheeled vehicle that uses sensors to navigate around a room and follow lines
*The FORMULA EV3 RACE CAR, a streamlined remote-controlled race car
*ANTY, a six-legged walking creature that adapts its behavior to its surroundings
*SK3TCHBOT, a robot that lets you play games on the EV3 screen
*The SNATCH3R, a robotic arm that can autonomously find, grab, lift, and move the infrared beacon
*LAVA R3X, a humanoid robot that walks and talks
See the book trailer.
It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
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Animal Helpers: Aquariums
by Jennifer Keats Curtis (Author)
Booktalk: Follow this behind-the-scenes photographic journal as it leads you into the wondrous world of aquariums and the animal helpers who work there.
Snippet: You won’t need a snorkel and mask in here! In an aquarium, you can trek through millions of gallons of fresh and salt water, but you won’t get wet.
It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
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Over on a Mountain: Somewhere in the World
by Marianne Berkes (Author) and Jill Dubin (Illustrator)
Booktalk: Discover twenty cool animals, ten great mountain ranges, and seven continents all in one story! And do it in the age-old style of children the world over – by clapping, counting, singing, and acting like . . . Well, animals! What fun!
Snippet:
Over on a mountain
Where leaves and berries thrive,
Lived a shy mother gorilla
and her little babies five.
This week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is hosted by Reading to the Core.
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The Secret Galaxy
by Fran Hodgkins (Author) and Mike Taylor (Illustrator)
Booktalk: The Milky Way tells its own story in this book (with fact sidebars) for stargazers.
Snippet:
I whirl in a spiral with my starry arms trailing.
You and Earth and your sun and solar system
are on one arm, but don’t worry.
Gravity holds everything together.
No stars get left behind.
It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
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Searching the Sky
by Tamra Orr (Author)
Booktalk: Follow clues and use the scientific method to find out what happens when a meteor comes close to earth.
Snippet:
“Look!” Tomiko shouted, pointing at the ground where Samantha had stumbled. “That rock wasn’t there earlier.”
Samantha looked at her friend. “Do you think … ?
“It could be a meteorite!” Tomiko jumped up and down at the possibility.
It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
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Starting From Scratch: What You Should Know about Food and Cooking
by Sarah Elton (Author) and Jeff Kulak (Illustrator)
Booktalk: This book is NOT a cookbook, it’s a book about the science of food–how it works, why it works, and what you need to know to make the kitchen your playground.
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There are all sorts of incredible things that happen to food when we prepare it. We use chemical reactions to transition ingredients from one state to another, such a turning cream into ice cream. We even use little critters like bacteria and yeast to transform what nature has given us into the stuff we put into our mouths.
It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
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The LEGO Neighborhood Book: Build Your Own Town!
by Brian Lyles (Author) and Jason Lyles (Author)
Booktalk: Snap together a few houses, shops, and apartment buildings to create your own neighborhood! (Complete, step-by-step instructions for four multistory buildings and dozens of inspiring ideas to use in your own models!)
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Rain Forest Colors
by Janet Lawler (Author) and Tim Laman (Photographer)
Booktalk: Yellow spiders! Blue butterflies! Green lizards! See creatures of the rain forest in 10 basic colors.
Snippet: Did you know? A tree kangaroo can safely jump down from more than fifty feet (15m) up in a tree?
Brown tree kangaroo photograph by Tim Laman
It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
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