Engineering Feats & Failures


Book Description

Engineers have built some incredible things. But with every new feat, there is failure. Readers will learn about engineering feats and failures like the Titanic, the Hindenburg, the Hoover Dam, and more in this engaging nonfiction title. This book features brilliant images, charts, and intriguing facts in conjunction with informational text and mathematical skills to keep readers active and engaged.




Fantastic Feats and Failures


Book Description

Discusses different engineering feats and challenges showing success and failure.




Engineering: Feats and Failures Guided Reading 6-Pack


Book Description

Engineers have built some incredible things. But with every new feat, there is failure. Readers will learn about engineering feats and failures like the Titanic, the Hindenburg, the Hoover Dam, and more in this engaging nonfiction title. This book features brilliant images, charts, and intriguing facts in conjunction with informational text and mathematics skills to keep readers active and engaged. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this Level U title and a lesson plan that specifically supports Guided Reading instruction.




Engineering: Feats & Failures 6-Pack


Book Description

Engineers have built some incredible things. But with every new feat, there is failure. Readers will learn about engineering feats and failures like the Titanic, the Hindenburg, the Hoover Dam, and more in this engaging nonfiction title. This book features brilliant images, charts, and intriguing facts in conjunction with informational text and mathematics skills to keep readers active and engaged. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.




Fantastic Feats and Failures


Book Description

Astronauts on Apollo 13 averted disaster with the help of duct tape. The design of the Sydney Opera House was based on the segments of an orange. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge swayed so much it was nicknamed ?Galloping Gertie.? From genius designs to deadly design-flaws, the story of engineering is full of oddities and surprises. Fantastic Feats and Failures includes bridge and dome-building projects, and other activities to test your engineering know-how.




Great Engineering Fails


Book Description

"No one will argue that engineering takes top talent, but what are the world's biggest engineering fails? Readers can find out all about them and discover how even fails can sometimes lead to engineering feats!"--




Engineering


Book Description

Engineers have built some incredible things. But with every new feat, there is failure. Readers will learn about engineering feats like the Titanic, the Hindenburg, the Hoover Dam and more in this engaging nonfiction title. This book features brilliant images, charts and intriguing facts in conjunction with informational text and mathematic skills to keep readers active and engaged.




Engineering Feats & Failures


Book Description

Engineers have built some incredible things. But with every new feat, there is failure. Readers will learn about engineering feats and failures like the Titanic, the Hindenburg, the Hoover Dam, and more in this engaging nonfiction title. This book features brilliant images, charts, and intriguing facts in conjunction with informational text and mathematical skills to keep readers active and engaged.







Solving Real World Problems with Civil Engineering


Book Description

Young readers are fascinated by how the things around them are constructed. This volume will answer many of the questions they have, by first addressing the job of civil engineers and then explaining how some of the world’s greatest engineering marvels were built. Students will learn how tunnels such as the English Channel Tunnel are built under water; how dams like the Hoover Dam are built and the purpose they serve a community; and why the Panama Canal was an important improvement to world trade. Finally, readers will learn how to build a beam bridge in a step-by-step craft project.