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Books with title Machines,

  • Simple Machines

    D. J. Ward, Mike Lowery

    Paperback (HarperCollins, Oct. 6, 2015)
    Machines help make work easier, like when you need to lift something heavy or reach way up high. 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! This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 4 to 6. It’s a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children.With colorful illustrations and engaging text, Simple Machines will delight young readers who love figuring out how things work. Featuring rich vocabulary bolded throughout the text, this book also includes a glossary and a find out more section with a lever experiment and web research prompts. Both the text and the artwork were vetted for accuracy by Dr. Babatunde A. Ogunnaike, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Delaware.This is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science title, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.
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  • Machines

    Rich Linville

    eBook (, Aug. 10, 2020)
    Machines can make our life easier. A simple machine is something that can change the direction or strength of a force. All complicated machines are made of one or more simple machines. Simple machines can reduce the effort needed for you to run them. See if you can find the simple machines around you.
  • Machines

    Campbell Books

    Board book (Campbell Books, March 7, 2019)
    Discover machines on the building site, at home and in the playground in First Explorers: Machines. Each scene has chunky push, pull and slide mechanisms perfect for little hands. Spot diggers, tractors and cranes, as well as lots of other machines at work, and read the fun facts. Beautifully illustrated by Jenny Wren, this title provides gentle early learning and is a simple introduction to science topics for small children.Discover more in the First Explorers series: Night Animals, Sea Creatures, In the Jungle, Dinosaurs, Wild Animals, Brilliant Bugs, Snowy Animals, Things That Go, Beautiful Birds.
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  • Machines

    Rich Linville

    Paperback (Independently published, Aug. 11, 2020)
    Machines can make our life easier. A simple machine is something that can change the direction or strength of a force. All complicated machines are made of one or more simple machines. Simple machines can reduce the effort needed for you to run them. See if you can find the simple machines around you.
  • Machines & Motion

    Debbie & Richard Lawrence

    Paperback (Answers in Genesis, Feb. 1, 2016)
    Updated 4th Edition! Full color! How did the ancient Egyptians build the pyramids? How do we build giant skyscrapers today? To understand these marvels, you need to understand simple machines such as levers and inclined planes. Machines and Motion contains 35 lessons that will teach your child about simple machines and the laws of motion, which are the basic principles governing the physical world around us. 35 lessons. Full-color.
  • Machines

    Andrew Haslam, David Glover

    Hardcover (World Book Inc, June 16, 1997)
    Introduces basic facts about the construction and function of simple machines with instructions for related experiments and projects.
  • Mighty Machines

    Penelope Arlon, Scholastic

    language (Scholastic Inc., June 27, 2017)
    Did you know that the biggest plane in the world can fly at up to 8 miles in the air or that the biggest digger in the world is a heavy as four hundred cars?Join the LEGO(R) minifigures as they learn about giant construction vehicles like diggers and bulldozers to cargo ships and airplanes carrying things everywhere. They'll even learn about rockets that take astronauts into space! Bursting with stunning photographs, fun facts, mini comics, building ideas, and stickers, Mighty Machines is the perfect book for any young reader.The LEGO(R) nonfiction series is exceptional as it combines the world's most powerful toy brand with the most trusted name in children's publishing.
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  • Simple Machines

    D. J. Ward, Mike Lowery

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, Oct. 6, 2015)
    Machines help make work easier, like when you need to lift something heavy or reach way up high. 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! This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 4 to 6. It’s a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children.With colorful illustrations and engaging text, Simple Machines will delight young readers who love figuring out how things work. Featuring rich vocabulary bolded throughout the text, this book also includes a glossary and a find out more section with a lever experiment and web research prompts. Both the text and the artwork were vetted for accuracy by Dr. Babatunde A. Ogunnaike, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Delaware.This is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science title, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.
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  • Machines

    Sydney Gulkin Jerome J. Notkin

    Paperback (Corgi Childrens, )
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  • Massive Machines

    Bob Woods

    language (The Child's World, Inc., Jan. 1, 2014)
    Diggers, loaders, and insanely gigantic tunnel-borers...oh, my! Strap on your hard hat and climb aboard the world's biggest machines--from enormous dump trucks to stadium-sized excavators!
  • Machines

    Robert O'Brien

    Hardcover (Time Incorporated, New York, Jan. 1, 1964)
    Book is used and has been withdrawn from service from a Library. Book has a Library Binding and the usual Library Stamps, Stickers, Card Holder, Library Markings. May or May Not have a Dust Jacket.
  • Machines

    Chris Oxlade

    Paperback (Anness, March 1, 2000)
    Fantastic Facts Machines takes a look at the enormous variety of machines in a fact file illustrated with vibrant photographs, drawings, and diagrams, starting with basic levers and wheels, and coming right up to date with automatic and electronic machinery. Practical projects included to help you understand the principles that make them work.
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