Bethea, Nikole Brooks
Summary: "Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early readers to the career of mechanical engineer. Includes infographics, an activity, glossary, and index."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jump!, Inc. 2018
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 621.023 BETNakamura, May
Summary: Learn all about the careers you could have if you love robots in this fascinating nonfiction Level 2 Ready-to-Read, part of a series that gives readers a sneak peek at how they can turn their passions into careers!Do you love robots? Is your family's robot vacuum your favorite thing in the house? Then you could be a robotics mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, or systems engineer when you...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2020
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE NAKSummary: A crew of aquatic researchers works to get to safety after an earthquake devastates their subterranean laboratory. But the crew has more than the ocean seabed to fear.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNDKamkwamba, William
Summary: "When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KAMSummary: A Meridian Production. One 13-minute video.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Eboch, M. M.
Summary: Mechanical engineers design machines to improve transportation, explore the solar system, and save lives. Mechanical Engineering in the Real Worldexamines the history of this branch of engineering, what mechanical engineers do today, and what's next for the field. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 621 EBOSummary: Two very important products derived from air are ammonia and nitric acid. Ammonia is produced when hydrogen gas is extracted from natural gas and steam, mixed with nitrogen from the air, and heated. The resulting ammonia gas is condensed into liquid form, to be made into other chemicals. Ammonia is also used to make nitric acid, basic in the production of fertilizers, detergents, and many other...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007