STEAM Books for Kids | Los Gatos Library

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1) math curse

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2) Kid scientists: true tales of childhood from science superstars

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"Forget the moon landing, the Nobel prizes, and the famous inventions. When the world's most brilliant scientists were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Albert Einstein daydreamed instead of paying attention in class. Jane Goodall got in trouble for bringing worms and snails in her house. And Neil deGrasse Tyson had to start a dog-walking business to save up money to buy a telescope. Kid Scientists tells these stories and more...

3) How we got to now: six innovations that made the modern world

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"A Young Readers adaptation of the New York Times Bestselling book where author, Steven Johnson, walks readers through the history and impact of six inventions that influence the modern world."-- Provided by publisher.

4) The boy who harnessed the wind

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Kamkwamba, William

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Brilliance Audio on compact disc

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Book, Audiobook CD

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Presents a story of how an African teenager built a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his home and his village, improving life for himself and his neighbors.

5) Maker lab: 28 super cool projects : build, invent, create, discover

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Challoner, Jack

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Presents over two dozen simple science activities using food, common household items, water, and the outdoors.

6) friendship code 1

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7) Astronaut training

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"Astrid is training to be an astronaut! She's building a spaceship, making astronaut food, and practicing floating...in her bathtub. But Astrid's too little to use tools or cook by herself, and Daddy says she's big enough to know she shouldn't flood the bathroom. How can a little astronaut make her big dreams come true? Grab your space suit and join Astrid on a galactic adventure as she discovers that knowing when to ask for help may be just what...

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Describes how seeds grow, and vary in shape, size, and dispersal patterns, and how everything, from flowers to fruits, begins with a tiny seed.

9) How birds sleep

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Obuchowski, David

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This fascinating picture book reveals the surprising sleeping habits of more than 20 bird species from around the world, including the parrots of Thailand, the ostriches of Australia and the pigeons of New York City.

10) Fearless flyer: Ruth Law and her flying machine

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Recounts the record-breaking flight of pilot Ruth Law, who flew from Chicago to New York in 1916.

11) Pitch perfect and persistent!: the musical debut of Amy Cheney Beach

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DeLems, Caitlin

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Relates the untold yet inspiring story of Amy Beach, musician extraordinaire and the first successful woman composer in America, who overcame numerous obstacles to achieve a brilliant career in the music world.

12) If you take away the otter

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Buhrman-Deever, Susannah

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"On the Pacific Coast of North America, sea otters play, dive, and hunt for sea urchins, crabs, abalone, and fish in the lush kelp forests beneath the waves. But there was a time when people hunted the otters almost to extinction. Without sea otters to eat them, an army of hungry sea urchins grew and destroyed entire kelp forests. Fish and other animals that depended on the kelp were lost, too. But when people protected the sea otters with new laws,...

13) Classified: the secret career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee aerospace engineer

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"Mary Golda Ross designed classified projects for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation as the company's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work"--

14) Amanda Twist, scientist: exploring flight!

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"Why do airplanes look the way they do? Why can't birds fly when they're first born? And why do some paper planes fly farther than others? Discover everything there is to know about flight from Ada Twist, Scientist--from information about creatures that fly, to the history of aircrafts, to modern technology that allows us to soar through the air faster than ever!"--Amazon.

15) Ada Twist, scientist

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Questioneers volume 3

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Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.

16) Cece loves science: push and pull

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Derting, Kimberly

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Cece and her friend Isaac conduct an experiment using the forces of push and pull to deliver a treat to Cece's dog, Einstein. Includes glossary and activities using the forces of push and pull.

17) Video game developer

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Rathburn, Betsy

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Blastoff! Readers. 3 Careers in STEM

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"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to video game developers. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"-- Provided by publisher.

18) Blast off!: how Mary Sherman Morgan fueled America into space

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Chronicles the life of the first female rocket scientist who, chosen to create the fuel to launch a rocket carrying America's first satellite, broke gender barriers and overcame many challenges to succeed.

19) Engineered!: engineering design at work

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Hunt, Shannon (Shannon Chantal)

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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....

20) In our garden

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Miller, Pat Zietlow

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Students create a vegetable garden on their school's rooftop.