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Books in 21st Century Skills Library: Cool Vocational Careers series

  • Digital Badges

    Shauna Masura

    Paperback (Cherry Lake Publishing, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Digital badges offer a new way of showing off some of your most impressive accomplishments. Readers will discover new processes, integrate visual information with text, and learn technical word meanings as they find out how digital badges work and how to begin earning them. They will also find out how to create and award badges of their own to people who accomplish amazing tasks.
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  • Robot Scientist

    Kevin Cunningham

    Library Binding (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2015)
    Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a robot scientist. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, potential hazards, and daily job tasks related to this career. Sidebars include thought-provoking trivia. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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  • Hydrologist

    Josh Gregory

    Library Binding (Cherry Lake Publishing, Jan. 1, 2013)
    A guide to what a hydrologist does and how to become one.
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  • Avionics Technician

    Josh Gregory

    Paperback (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2012)
    Introduces what a aviation electronics technician does, describes a typical day in the life of one, and discusses the education needed to work in the field.
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  • Information Security Analyst

    Wil Mara

    Library Binding (Cherry Lake Publishing, Jan. 1, 2013)
    A guide to what an information security analyst does and how to become one.
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  • Hazmat Removal Worker

    Wil Mara

    Library Binding (Cherry Lake Publishing, Jan. 1, 2015)
    Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a hazmat removal worker. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, and daily job tasks related to this career, in the framework of the STEAM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math, movement. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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  • Helicopter Crew Chief

    Wil Mara

    Library Binding (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2012)
    Learn what it takes to become a helicopter crew chief in the U.S. military.
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  • Petroleum Engineer

    Wil Mara

    Paperback (Cherry Lake Publishing, Jan. 1, 2015)
    Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a petroleum engineer. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, and daily job tasks related to this career, in the framework of the STEAM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math, movement. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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  • Smokejumper

    Wil Mara

    Library Binding (Cherry Lake Publishing, Jan. 1, 2015)
    Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a smokejumper. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, and daily job tasks related to this career, in the framework of the STEAM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math, movement. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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  • Robotics Engineer

    Wil Mara

    Library Binding (Cherry Lake Publishing, Jan. 1, 2015)
    Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a robotics engineer. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, and daily job tasks related to this career, in the framework of the STEAM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math, movement. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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  • From Butterfly Wings To... Display Technology

    Josh Gregory

    Paperback (Cherry Lake Publishing, Jan. 1, 2014)
    Learn about how nature has inspired technological innovations with this book on the similarities between butterfly wings and display technology for digital screens. Integrating both historical and scientific perspectives, this book explains how butterfly wings inspired the invention of new digital display technology. Readers will make connections and examine the relationship between the two concepts. Sidebars, photographs, a glossary, and a concluding chapter on important people in the field add detail and depth to this informational text on biomimicry.
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  • Crime Scene Investigator

    Tamra B. Orr

    Paperback (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2015)
    Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a crime scene investigator. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, potential hazards, and daily job tasks related to this career. Sidebars include thought-provoking trivia. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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