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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas. In this illustrated volume, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses, to name a few) from their creation by hobbyists, amateurs, and entrepreneurs to their unintended historical consequences....
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"Who could imagine an idea born on a space station would help sustain our planet? Astronauts, living on the International Space Station, have to protect their resources because their lives depend on it. They learn to conserve water, air, food, energy, and waste. These efforts have in turn lead to . . . innovative ideas for air quality, food production, and water purification here on Earth"--Provided by publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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After discovering a dangerous secret, the son of a tyrannical commissioner, a distributor of black-market medical technology, and a skilled assassin become uneasy allies in a fight to end a deadly epidemic--before the Commissioner ends them first.
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English
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Exploring the history, development, applications and ethics of wearable technology, as well as introducing the people navigating the next tech frontier, this eye-opening nonfiction book reveals how technological innovation can help people survive and thrive, but should it?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Reveals how President Lincoln's appreciation for the power of technology played a critical role in the North's Civil War victory over the less developed South, and discusses the specific technologies used by the North in the war.
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Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village.
When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking...
When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking...
9) Need
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In this exploration of the dark side of social media, and government control and manipulation, the teenagers in a small town are drawn deeper and deeper into a social networking site that promises to grant their every need--regardless of the consequences--
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English
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In this lively book, award-winning author-artist Bob Barner takes readers on a ride through outer space to visit distant planets and dazzling stars. The simple rhyming text and colorful torn-paper collage illustrations make this book perfect for the very youngest readers, and the Meet the Planets and Meet the Galaxy sections, both bursting with facts, will engage older readers as well. Stars! Stars! Stars! will rocket aspiring stargazers right
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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
320 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides a visual introduction to science, technology, and engineering, covering such topics as the human body, states of matter, electric circuits, speed and acceleration, and the solar system.
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Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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It’s 1901 and Henry Ford wants to build a car that everyone can own. But first he needs the money to produce it. How will he get it? He enters a car race, of course! Readers will love this fast-paced, fact-based story!
14) Dot
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In her fascination with technology, a confident and spunky girl pays little attention to the outside world before learning how to make room for real things in ways that help her make the most of her savvy technical expertise.
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English
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Soft, gooey, fluffy, prickly-textures are all around us. What clever words will you use to describe the textures pictured in this book? Jane Brocket's appealing photography and simple, whimsical text give a fresh approach to a topic all young children learn about.
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English
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Readers get acquainted with the people behind today's most cutting-edge technologies in the self-driving car tech field--from bright ideas to cool new products--and inspires readers to consider a high-tech future career. Careers in Self-Driving Car Technology introduces six exciting careers and features sidebar activities that invite readers to Imagine That! and Dig Deeper! Includes table of contents, glossary, index, and supplementary backmatter....
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English
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Readers get acquainted with the people behind today's most cutting-edge technologies in the drone tech field--from bright ideas to cool new products--and inspires readers to consider a high-tech future career. Careers in Drone Technology introduces six exciting careers and features sidebar activities that invite readers to Imagine That! and Dig Deeper! Includes table of contents, glossary, index, and supplementary backmatter. Readers get acquainted...
20) The last human
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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After machines take control of Earth, following the extinction of humans, twelve-year-old robot XR 935A confronts its prejudices about humans and begins to reconsider its own existence within robot society after discovering and befriending a twelve-year-old human girl.
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