Restoring Muddy Creek
Muddy Creek in Maryland is being damaged by erosion. Learn about the efforts to restore it! This book features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Item Number:28893
ISBN:9781493866786
Making a Mummy
Created in collaboration with Smithsonian, learn about the science behind mummification with this book that features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Item Number:28894
ISBN:9781493866793
Navigating at Sea
Learn how modern technology allows navigation to be more precise than ever. This Smithsonian STEAM reader features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Item Number:28895
ISBN:9781493866809
Saving Culture from Disaster
Learn about the methods that conservators use to save cultural artifacts threatened by natural disasters. With a hands-on STEAM challenge, this book uses real-world examples to show how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems.
Item Number:28896
ISBN:9781493866816
Underwater Training
Learn how astronauts, doctors, and athletes use swimming pools for aquatic therapy and training! This book features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Item Number:28897
ISBN:9781493866823
Botanical Illustration
Learn how the detailed drawings of botanical illustrators help science--and scientists! This book uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems and includes a hands-on STEAM challenge.
Item Number:28898
ISBN:9781493866830
The Wright Brothers
Learn about the challenges the Wright Brothers overcame to become the forefathers of flight." This book features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems."
Item Number:28899
ISBN:9781493866847
Taking Photos from Space
Learn how Landsat satellites use heat to take images, and how they are helping save the planet! This book features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Item Number:28900
ISBN:9781493866854
Helping People See
Learn about the enlightening world of optics, where light bends to help us see the sights! This book features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Item Number:28901
ISBN:9781493866861
From Grass to Bridge
The Inka Empire's grass suspension bridges were engineering marvels. Learn about the engineering behind them with this book that features a hands-on STEAM challenge and details how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems.
Item Number:28902
ISBN:9781493866878
Predicting Earthquakes
Learn about seismology and the men and women who study earthquakes! This high-interest book features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Item Number:28903
ISBN:9781493866885
Mapping the Milky Way
Learn about our galaxy, the Milky Way, and the methods that scientists use to study it. This book features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Item Number:28904
ISBN:9781493866892
Blue Crab Comeback
Learn about the scientists and watermen who are working together to save the fishing industry. This book features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Item Number:28905
ISBN:9781493866908
Solving Problems at the Zoo
Learn how zookeepers at the National Zoo keep the animals healthy and happy. This book features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Item Number:28872
ISBN:9781493866571
Hatching a Chick
Spend a day in the life of a bird keeper and learn how they are hatching new plans to help endangered birds with this STEAM reader that features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to teach problem solving.
Item Number:28876
ISBN:9781493866618
Piecing Art Together
From dryer lint to plastic found in the ocean, learn how artists are using found objects to make beautiful art. This STEAM reader features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to teach problem solving.
Item Number:28879
ISBN:9781493866649
Living in Sunlight Extremes
Learn how the sun never seems to rise or set in places such as Alaska, Norway, Iceland, Sweden, and Canada with this STEAM reader that features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to teach problem solving.
Item Number:28881
ISBN:9781493866663
Creative Machines
Learn how Rube Goldberg machines take simple tasks and make them complex--and fun! This STEAM reader builds literacy skills and features a hands-on STEAM challenge that uses real-world examples to teach problem solving.
Item Number:28883
ISBN:9781493866687
Growing Plants in Space
What if people could grow plants in space? Would people be able to live on other planets? Scientists say yes! All plants need to grow is light, water, soil, air, and science. Learn about farming in outer space with this high-interest STEAM reader.
Item Number:28885
ISBN:9781493866700
Dealing with Wildfires
This informative STEAM reader teaches students about the causes of wildfires, how firefighters put them out, how to prevent wildfires, and the aftereffects of wildfires on both people and the environment.
Item Number:28888
ISBN:9781493866731
Protecting a Sinking City
Learn how engineers are racing to save the city of Venice from sinking and flooding. This high-interest STEAM reader features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to teach problem solving.
Item Number:28889
ISBN:9781493866748
Mimicking Nature
Have you ever wondered where inventors get some of their ideas? This answer may surprise you: sometimes the inspiration comes from plants! Learn how some tiny plants have made a huge difference in the world.
Item Number:28890
ISBN:9781493866755
Conserving an Aircraft
Read how Smithsonian conservators saved and restored an experimental WWII aircraft from ruin! With a hands-on STEAM activity and career connections, this book uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Item Number:28911
ISBN:9781493866960
A Den for Bei Bei
Bei Bei is a giant panda who lives at the National Zoo. What things are needed in his enclosure to keep him healthy and happy? Introduce kindergarten students to STEAM concepts through real-world examples and a STEAM activity.
Item Number:28846
ISBN:9781493866311