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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"If you think technology is all about the future, you're right. But it's all about the past, too. Almost everything around you exists because of some amazing techno breakthrough--computers, refrigerators, lasers, rockets, and robots. Step into the world of STEM Junior Technology, and you'll find 40 vibrant personalities who can tel you all about it."--Page [4] of cover.
23) Fitbit
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Develop better health habits and meet goals Track steps, nutrition, hours slept, and more Get fit, lose weight, be calm, and stay healthy Take a complete tour of the Fitbit ecosystem Your Fitbit is a powerful device that can tell you much more than how many steps you take each day. This book offers easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions for tracking all that data and getting the most out of your Fitbit investment. It's one thing to simply wear your...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Kids deserve a better digital future. Help them create it. When it comes to raising children in a digital world, every parent feels underprepared and overwhelmed. We worry that our children will become addicted to online games, be victims of cyberbullying, or get lost down the rabbit hole of social media. We tell them time and again what not to do and list dangers to avoid when online. But this is only a piece of the story. Technology can be a powerful...
27) DOLL-E 1.0
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Charlotte has a talent for anything technological, so when she receives a doll as a present, she upgrades it with a few spare parts and some code to create a new and improved friend.
29) Drop by drop
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Series
Step by step novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Global catastrophe looms as all plastic mysteriously liquefies. All the small components making many technologies possible--navigation systems, communications, medical equipment--fail. In Sycamore River, life is disrupted. Everything people depended on melts around them, with sometimes fatal results. All they can rely upon is themselves. And this is only the beginning...--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Read along as we dissect, explore, and explain how things do what they do. Complete with exciting diagrams and illustrations, accessible explanations, trivia, and fun features, How Things Work: Inside Out explains cell phones, 3D printers, lava lamps, skyscrapers, and everything in between!
31) How stuff works
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Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Learn cool facts about almost everything while searching through picture puzzles for wacky characters and situations.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Beginning with opium, the "joy plant," which has been used for 10,000 years, Hager tells a captivating story of medicine. His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, the first antibiotic, which saved countless lives, the first antipsychotic, which helped empty public mental hospitals, Viagra, statins, and the new frontier of monoclonal antibodies. This is a...
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Energy is humanity's single most important resource. In fact, as energy expert Michael E. Webber argues in Power Trip, the story of how societies rise can be told largely as the story of how they manage energy sources through time. In 2019, as we face down growing demand for and accumulating environmental impacts from energy, we are at a crossroads and the stakes are high. But history shows us that energy's great value is that it allows societies...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Meet STEM Junior, a little character with some big ideas and a bunch of supersmart engineering friends. Have you ever wondered how a bridge stays up, or how your texts get from one end of town to the other, or how your raincoat keeps you dry? Well, you're in the right place. Basher's STEM Junior: Engineering is packed with 40 vibrant personalities who are just itching to spill the beans. Let them tell you all about themselves and you'll be a top...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Screens are seductive. We see it in our toddlers, begging for tablets. We see it in our pre-teens, leading double lives on Tumblr. We see it in ourselves, too, as much of our time gets sucked into news feeds and emails. From a parenting vantage, technology has been the holy grail, allowing us to outsource the unpleasant tasks and give ourselves a break. No clean-up after painting when it's done on a tablet. No complaints of "I'm bored" on a road...
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
This program covers the important topic of refrigerators in Physics. We begin by discussing how refrigerators are just “heat engines” operated in reverse because they require energy to pump heat away from an object. The entire lesson is taught by working example problems beginning with the easier ones and gradually progressing to the harder problems. Emphasis is placed on giving students confidence in their skills by gradual repetition so that...
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"Blood, Bullets, and Bones provides young readers with a fresh and fascinating look at the ever-evolving science of forensics. Since the introduction of DNA testing, forensic science has been in the forefront of the public's imagination, thanks especially to popular television shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. But forensic analysis has been practiced for thousands of years. Ancient Chinese detectives studied dead bodies for signs of foul...
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