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Describes the need to develop alternatives to gasoline only powered vehicles and the development of hybrid cars. Includes glossary, websites, and bibliography for further reading.

2) To the rescue!: Garrett Morgan underground

Author

Series

Great idea series

Pub. Date

[2016]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

Description

Shares the inspirational story of African-American inventor Garrett Morgan, whose incredible safety hood became a forerunner to the gas masks that saved thousands of soldiers during World War I. In 1911, 146 workers died in the shocking Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City. Morgan decided to invent a safety hood for firefighters-- but people weren't interested in buying his safety hood when they discovered its inventor was black. When...

3) Spic-and-span!: Lillian Gilbreth's wonder kitchen

Author

Series

Great idea series

Pub. Date

[2014]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1

Description

Provides an account of the life and accomplishments of the efficiency expert, the first woman elected to the National Academy of Engineering, and the first female psychologist to have a postage stamp issued in her honor.

4) The Nexi robot

Author

Allman, Toney

Series

Pub. Date

[2010]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1

Description

"Nexi is one of a team of four small humanoid robots that have mobility, dexterity and 'social' communication skills"--Provided by publisher.

5) LEGO toys

Author

Hirschmann, Kris

Series

Pub. Date

[2009]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1

Description

"Describes the invention and development of LEGO toys. Includes glossary, websites, and bibliography for further reading"--Provided by publisher.

6) In the bag!: Margaret Knight wraps it up

Author

Series

Pub. Date

2013, c2011

Description

This is a biography of Margaret Knight, who saw an industrial accident that inspired her to invent a stop-motion device and who designed a machine that made the flat-bottom paper bag.

7) It's a snap!: George Eastman's first photograph

Author

Series

Pub. Date

2013, c2009

Description

This is a biography of George Eastman, the inventor of dry plates, film, and the Brownie camera.

8) YouTube

Author

Woog, Adam

Series

Pub. Date

[2009]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1

Description

"Describes the invention and development of YouTube. Includes glossary, websites, and bibliography for further reading"--Provided by publisher.

9) Ace Your Weather Science Project

Author

Gardner, Robert

Series

Great Science Fair Ideas

Pub. Date

2013

Description

Learn about barometers, humidity, snowflakes, and more with the great weather science experiments in this book. Authors Robert Gardner and Salvatore Tocci guide readers through their best weather science experiments using full-color illustrations. Many experiments include ideas for a student's science fair.

10) Ace Your Forces and Motion Science Project

Author

Gardner, Robert

Series

Great Science Fair Ideas

Pub. Date

2013

Description

What is friction? What is the coriolis force? Young scientists will explore the physics of forces and motion with the great experiments in this book. Full-color illustrations highlight key points to make science a snap! Many experiments are followed by ideas for science fair projects. Help students ace their next physics project or test!

11) The Hoover Dam

Author

Miller, Heather

Series

Pub. Date

[2014]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1

Description

Juettner Fernandes, Bonnie

"Describes the struggles and accomplishments in building the Hoover Dam. Includes glossary, websites, and bibliography for further reading"--Provided by publisher.

12) The Large Hadron Collider

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2014]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1

Description

"Describes the struggles and accomplishments in building the Hadron Super Collider, the tool that scientists use to understand how the universe first began. Includes glossary, websites, and bibliography for further reading"--

13) The big bang

Author

Fleisher, Paul

Series

Great ideas of science

Pub. Date

c2006

Description

Genius inventors and their great ideas

Explains how scientists' observations of the stars led to the development of the big bang theory, a theory of how our universe was formed.

14) The woman who invented the thread that stops bullets: the genius of Stephanie Kwolek

Author

Wyckoff, Edwin Brit

Series

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

Description

"Read about Stephanie Kwolek and her incredible invention"--Provided by publisher.

15) Germ theory

Author

Herbst, Judith

Series

Great ideas of science

Pub. Date

2008

Description