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Engineering in Plain Sight

Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment
by Grady Hillhouse (Author)
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Booktalk: In his book trailer the author introduces the book and show snippets from several chapters.

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Table of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Electrical Grid
Chapter 2: Communications
Chapter 3: Roadways
Chapter 4: Bridges and Tunnels
Chapter 5: Railways
Chapter 6: Dams, Levees, and Coastal Structures
Chapter 7: Municipal Water and Wastewater
Chapter 8: Construction Glossary

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

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Drones in Action (Military Machines)

Drones in Action (Military Machines)
by Mari Bolte (Author)
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Booktalk: Explore the seas and skies with drones, some of the US military’s most innovative machines. Readers will discover the types of missions drones undertake and how they help soldiers stay one step ahead on the battlefield.

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

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Super Space Weekend: Adventures in Astronomy

Super Space Weekend: Adventures in Astronomy (Science Adventure Club)
by Gaëlle Alméras (Author) and David Warriner (Translator)
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Booktalk: It’s a beautiful evening when Squeak, Orni, and Castor head out for a weekend of camping. But Squeak has a surprise: he’s hosting them all in his observatory, high at the top of a tree. Readers of this graphic novel for kids 7+ will join the three friends as they explore the night sky, our solar system, and how our universe was created.

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

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How to Explain Coding to a Grown-Up

How to Explain Coding to a Grown-Up
by Ruth Spiro (Author) and Teresa Martinez (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: An in-the-know narrator instructs perceptive kid readers in the fine art of explaining coding to a grown-up. Both children and their adults learn the basics of coding, including hardware, software, algorithms, and debugging.

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

The author, Ruth Spiro, is one of my former students.
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Nature’s Yucky in the Sea

Nature’s Yucky in the Sea: Gross Stuff that Helps Ocean Animals Survive
by Lee Ann Landstrom (Author), Karen I. Shragg (Author), and Rachel Rogge (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Discover creepy behaviors and disgusting facts about sixteen creatures of the ocean, including lightning whelks, sharknose gobies, and donkey dung sea cucumbers.

Snippet: Did you know…
that Donkey Dung Sea Cucumbers,
those knobby, squishy, sea star cousins,
squirt their guts out of their butt
when afraid?

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

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Night Owl Night

Night Owl Night
by Susan Edwards Richmond (Author) and Maribel Lechuga (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Sova’s mother is a scientist who studies birds and their migratory patterns. Each night she goes into the woods to conduct research, and finally Sova is old enough to join her. Securing headlamps, Sova and her mother head into the woods to capture, measure, and release saw-whet owls. Through the quiet night, Sova learns about the patience, persistence, and excitement that comes with conservation efforts and scientific research.

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

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Lifesize Deadly Animals

Lifesize Deadly Animals
by Sophy Henn (Author / Illustrator)

Booktalk: Are you ready for a perilous adventure to discover how YOU measure up against some of the world’s highly venomous and extremely ferocious animals? Keep an eye out for danger . . . in the air, on the ground, and in the ocean!

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Rise to the Sky

Rise to the Sky: How the World’s Tallest Trees Grow Up
by Rebecca E. Hirsch (Author) and Mia Posada (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: What is the tallest living thing? It’s not an elephant, or a giraffe, or even a blue whale. It’s a tree! But how do they grow to be so tall?

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

Copyright © 2023 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.