Simple Machines - Rilegato

Ward, D. J.

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ISBN 10: 006232148X ISBN 13: 9780062321480

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2015

Riassunto

Read and find out about six simple machines—the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the ramp, the wedge, and the screw—in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

Machines help make work easier, like when you need to lift something heavy or reach way up high. Can you adjust a seesaw to lift an elephant? What happens when you combine two or more simple machines? Read and find out out in the proven winner Simple Machines!

This clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom, uses clear explanations and simple, fun diagrams to explain how machines work. This book also includes a glossary and a find out more section with a lever experiment.

This is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

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Informazioni sugli autori

D. J. Ward is a high school science teacher who also writes science books for children. His titles include Exploring Mars, Materials Science, and, in the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, How a City Works and What Happens to Our Trash? He lives in Castle Rock, Colorado.

Mike Lowery is a New York Times bestselling illustrator who has worked on more than eighty books for children and adults. He’s also the author of many books, including Random Illustrated Facts and the Everything Awesome series. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his family.

Dalla quarta di copertina

Machines are everywhere!

They help make work easier, like when you need to lift something heavy or reach way up high. Some machines are so simple that you might not think of them as machines. There are six simple machines: the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the ramp, the wedge, and the screw.

Can you adjust a seesaw to lift an elephant? What happens when you combine two or more simple machines? Read and find out!

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 006232148X
• ISBN 13: 9780062321480
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Disegnatore: Lowery Mike
• Numero di pagine: 40
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Simone Casetta; 0039 275422215; casetta@mondadori.it; ; Via Mondadori 1,; Segrate Milano; 20090; Italia