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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
One of Thomas Edison's most famous inventions was the phonograph. It was the first machine to record and play sounds. Kids can read this book to find out more about Edison, like how he started a business at age twelve and what he said in his first phonograph recording.
Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles.
Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division...
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and accomplishments of the Croatian-born engineer who developed alternating-current technology and invented the radio.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This STEM/STEAM picture book tells the story of Edith Clarke, the innovator who solved an electrical mystery and built the first graphing calculator--from paper, an accomplishment that helped her become of the first woman electrical engineer in America"--
Edith Clarke devoured numbers, puzzles, and brainteasers. She was an innovator who dreams of how mathematics could modernize America. Fascinated by electricity, Clarke solved an electrical mystery...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of Thomas Edison, one of the most influential inventors in American history, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the many inventions for which he is best known.
11) Thomas Edison
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This book traces the life of Thomas Edison, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the many inventions for which he is best known. A timeline at the end of the book summarizes key milestones and achievements of Edison's life."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Here is the story of the ambitious young man who brought life-changing ideas to America, despite the obstructive efforts of his hero-turned-rival, Thomas Edison. From using alternating current, to lighting up the Chicago World's Fair, to harnessing Niagara to electrify New York City and beyond, Nikola Tesla was a revolutionary ahead of his time. Remote controls, fluorescent lights, X-rays, speedometers, cell phones, even the radio -- all resulted...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Born at the stroke of midnight during a lightning storm, Nikola Tesla grew up to become one of the most important electrical inventors in the world. But before working with electricity, he was a child who loved playing with the animals on his family's farm in Serbia. An inventor since childhood, Tesla's patents encompassed everything from radar and remote-control technology to wireless communications. But his greatest invention was the AC induction...
Author
Publisher
A Paula Wiseman Book, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This engaging picture book biography explores how Jerry Lawson, a Black engineer, revolutionized the video game industry. Before Xbox and Playstation and Nintendo Switch, there was a tinkerer named Jerry Lawson. As a boy, Jerry loved playing with springs, sprockets, and gadgety things. When he grew up, Jerry became an engineer-a professional tinkerer! In the 1970s, Jerry decided to tinker with video games. Back then, if players wanted a new video...
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