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Sonar and Submarine Technology - (Smithsonian: Informational Text) by Eric Braun (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Dive into an exciting new world through submarines and sonar!
- 32 Pages
- Young Adult Nonfiction, Technology
- Series Name: Smithsonian: Informational Text
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About the Book
Dive into an exciting new world through submarines and sonar! Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this STEAM reader about how scientist explore beneath the oceans' surfaces builds secondary students' literacy skills.Book Synopsis
Dive into an exciting new world through submarines and sonar! The world beneath our oceans' surfaces is dark, cold, and mysterious. It's also a critical ecosystem. Scientists use high-tech underwater vehicles and sound-based technology to see the unseen, map the unknown, and learn about new species in the deepest parts of the ocean. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this STEAM book will inspire curiosity about deep-sea creatures and corals. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is ideal for makerspaces and takes students step-by-step through the engineering design process. Make STEAM career connections with career advice from actual Smithsonian employees working in physical science fields. Introduce engaging science topics to older readers with this STEAM book that is perfect for secondary students or ages 10-14.Review Quotes
"A practical addition to classroom collections in support of science units, or for makerspaces in search of modeling and design ideas."-- "School Library Journal on the Smithsonian: Informational Text series"
About the Author
Eric Braun is a children's author and editor who has written dozens of books on many topics, including Make a Friend, Be a Friend and Be Yourself, Like Yourself for the Little Laugh & Learn(R) series and How to Take the ACHE Out of Mistakes and How to Take the GROAN Out of Grown-Ups for the Laugh & Learn(R) series. His books have won awards and honors including the Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award, a Foreword Book of the Year Gold Award, a Benjamin Franklin Award, and many others. One of his books was read by an astronaut on the International Space Station for kids on Earth to watch. A McKnight Artist Fellow and an Aspen Summer Words scholar for his fiction, Eric earned an MFA in creative writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. He lives in Minneapolis.