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Motors and generators / by Grace Vail.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Electrified!Publication details: New York : Gareth Stevens Pub., c2013.Description: 24 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1433984040 (library binding)
  • 1433984059 (pbk.)
  • 9781433984044 (library binding)
  • 9781433984051 (pbk.)
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Contents:
Making it work -- Magnets make it move -- Electromagnets -- Keep it moving -- AC and DC -- Power up! -- Producing current -- Electricity on the go -- Working together.
Summary: Young readers discover key concepts of electricity and magnetism and how they work together to power motors and generators. They will also learn what happens between the power plant and the light switch on their wall.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 621.46 V129 Available 33111007542323
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

We know motors and generators make things run, but we might not know how they work. It's not magic; it's science. Readers discover key concepts of electricity and magnetism and how they work together to power motors and generators. Readers will also learn what happens between the power plant and the light switch on their wall.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 23) and index.

Making it work -- Magnets make it move -- Electromagnets -- Keep it moving -- AC and DC -- Power up! -- Producing current -- Electricity on the go -- Working together.

Young readers discover key concepts of electricity and magnetism and how they work together to power motors and generators. They will also learn what happens between the power plant and the light switch on their wall.

"Levels: GR: O; DRA: 34"--P. [4] of cover.

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