Books in World of the Sagas series

Young readers are fascinated by modern marvels like lightning-fast transportation, towering skyscrapers, and exciting digital platforms. These innovations represent the hard work of scientists and engineers who never stop asking questions and solving problems. Aligned with the NextGen Science Standards, this incredible series demonstrates the processes behind the groundbreaking advances that shape contemporary life and gets students to think critically about their purposes. Readers learn how plans and designs are created to solve specific problems. Next, those designs are tested and analyzed as inventors balance new ideas with limitations like available materials and cost. This set describes the central steps of engineering design while encouraging students to consider cutting-edge technology on the horizon. Features include: Critical thinking questions in all chapters. Information about the practical applications of mathematics. Meets the NextGen Science Standards for engineering design. Presents information about how scientists and engineers communicate their ideas. Stimulates discussions about future technology.

For thousands of years, humans have used machines to accomplish tasks more efficiently and often to complete tasks people simply can't do on their own. Now, modern technology allows inventors to design robots capable of amazing feats that used to seem unthinkable. This cool book examines how automation revolutionized the world in the 1940s and has grown and changed over time. Readers learn how cutting-edge factories use robots, and the latest information about self-driving cars and drones. They'll evaluate the problems that robots solve, like disaster cleanup and exploring uninhabitable areas in outer space. This book also looks at what's next in the field of robotics, including lifelike social robots and advanced machine learning.

At top speeds of more than 250 miles per hour, high-speed trains are designed to carry passengers over long distances quickly and safely. Readers will explore how trains have evolved over time and how special tracks, powerful motors, and physics come together to get travelers where they want to go. Readers are encouraged to think critically about how trains stay on their tracks and how high-speed trains handle extreme friction. They'll be enthralled to learn about new advances like maglev trains, which use magnets to levitate.

Since builders broke ground on the first skyscraper in 1884, engineers and architects have continued to pioneer exciting innovations as they literally reach for the sky. Give your readers an in-depth look at the science, technology, engineering, and math concepts that make skyscrapers possible. Students will learn how elevators work, why tall buildings can make visitors seasick, how dampening systems keep skyscrapers upright, and much more through this fascinating book.

Since builders broke ground on the first skyscraper in 1884, engineers and architects have continued to pioneer exciting innovations as they literally reach for the sky. Give your readers an in-depth look at the science, technology, engineering, and math concepts that make skyscrapers possible. Students will learn how elevators work, why tall buildings can make visitors seasick, how dampening systems keep skyscrapers upright, and much more through this fascinating book.

The youngest generation of digital natives will enjoy exploring the stories of how the first computers led to the latest cutting-edge technology. From Charles Babbage's Difference Engine and Ada Lovelace's programming skills to groundbreaking biotechnology and haptic technology, this awesome volume examines the STEM concepts behind the electronics revolution and imagines what might come next. Alongside high-interest content about computers, cameras, and other digital devices, this book asks readers to think through the ways that technology improves our lives, how ideas are communicated efficiently across long distances, and how information is converted into code.

When the Wright brothers made their first flight, they stayed aloft for less than thirty seconds. Thanks to evolving technology, people can now travel in modern aircraft to far-flung continents in the span of a day. Airplanes have opened up the world for both leisure and business, and flight has forever changed warfare and continues to redefine it. This exciting book explores how the imaginative minds of early inventors first lifted people skyward and how continued technological innovation has allowed us to travel farther, faster. It includes accessible content about science, engineering, and math, and attention-grabbing topics including jet fighters and space flight.

When the Wright brothers made their first flight, they stayed aloft for less than thirty seconds. Thanks to evolving technology, people can now travel in modern aircraft to far-flung continents in the span of a day. Airplanes have opened up the world for both leisure and business, and flight has forever changed warfare and continues to redefine it. This exciting book explores how the imaginative minds of early inventors first lifted people skyward and how continued technological innovation has allowed us to travel farther, faster. It includes accessible content about science, engineering, and math, and attention-grabbing topics including jet fighters and space flight.