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kidsgetcoding
Learn to Program (Kids Get Coding)
by Heather Lyons (Author), Elizabeth Tweedale (Author), and Alex Westgate (Illustrator)

Booktalk: What do programs tell computers to do? And how are they written? Programs are instructions that computers follow. Learn about different programming languages, coding rules and bugs, and how to solve problems.

Snippet: Our brains can connect meaning to instructions. For example, if someone said “Go down to the slide,” we would understand that they mean for us to first walk up the steps, sit on the slide, and then slide down.

However, a computer needs step-by-step instructions:

1. Walk to the steps.
2. Climb up the steps.
3. Sit on the top of the slide.
4. Slide down the slide.

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

findyourfutureinscience
Find Your Future in Science
by Diane Lindsey Reeves (Author)

Booktalk: Find Your Future in Science introduces 8 high-interest science careers via reader-friendly profiles and sidebar features that inspire extended learning, online research, and critical thinking skills. Back matter includes additional learning activities.

Snippet: Young scientists start by asking lots of questions. Why? How? What if?

Curiosity keeps them exploring. Every fascinating discovery lights a spark, an idea, an interest, a connection.

Before they know it, they are hooked. Science is awesome!

Then they find out that can grow up and be a scientist. What? You mean that companies will actually pay you to do science as your job?

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)