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"From smartphones to satellites, electrical engineers have helped create much of the technology we use today! Leveled text and vibrant images will introduce readers to electrical engineers and the work they do. Readers will also encounter special features that highlight a famous engineer, showcase examples of electrical engineering in real life, and explain how electrical engineers use STEM to help power the world!"--Amazon website.
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"This riveting nonfiction picture book biography explores both the failures and successes of self-taught engineer Emma Lilian Todd as she tackles one of the greatest challenges of the early 1900s: designing an airplane. Emma Lilian Todd's mind was always soaring--she loved to solve problems. Lilian tinkered and fiddled with all sorts of objects, turning dreams into useful inventions. As a child, she took apart and reassembled clocks to figure out...
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"How do you land a car-sized rover on the surface of Mars, resolve a five-hour traffic jam or save a herd of caribou from near extinction? Ask an engineer! Engineers are problem solvers. They use their math, science and technology skills to find creative solutions to problems that need fixing. In Engineered! bestselling author Shannon Hunt explores nine feats of engineering and the step-by-step process that engineers followed to get to a winning solution....
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Nomad Press, a division of Nomad Communications
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[2019]
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Discusses what engineering is, highlighting female engineers who revolutionized the role of women in the field and providing activities, including building a suspension bridge, designing and building a kite, and investigating processed food.
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"Profiles of women engineers and coders who overcame obstacles to become leading voices in their fields. Each profile presents the subject's challenges and career path while exploring global themes of gender-based disenfranchisement-and empowerment-in STEM fields. The work presents itself as both a guide for girls who want to go into these areas as well as an appeal to those who don't think they would find them interesting or who might feel discouraged...
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