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The big book of invisible technology : a look at how things work for kids / Chloe Taylor.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Emeryville, California : Rockridge Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: xxiv, 123 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781646112517
  • 1646112512
Other title:
  • Invisible technology
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Bluetooth brings beautiful music to your ears--but how, exactly? Using technology and building with technology are two different skill sets--and a twenty-first-century kid will need to understand both. The Big Book of Invisible Technology helps children learn how things work for kids in fun, hands-on ways. From the invisible Internet to driverless cars and drones, this book shows you how things work for kids, using step-by-step experiments. Then apply your knowledge and learn how you may, one day, bring real and important change to our lives. Are you ready to solve some of Earth's biggest challenges with technology? The future needs you.
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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 Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 600 S797 Available 33111009741683
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 600 S797 Available 33111009665148
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Learn to see how modern technology is all around us--a hands-on approach for kids 8 to 12

Bluetooth brings beautiful music to your ears--but how, exactly? Using technology and building with technology are two different skill sets--and a twenty-first-century kid will need to understand both. The Big Book of Invisible Technology offers ways to explore how things work for kids in fun, hands-on ways.

From the invisible Internet to driverless cars and drones, this book shows you how things work for kids, using step-by-step experiments. Then apply your knowledge and learn how you may, one day, bring real and important change to our lives. Are you ready to solve some of Earth's biggest challenges with technology? The future needs you.

In this book on how things work for kids you'll discover:

Talk like a pro --Important tech-related words are highlighted in bold along with their definitions, in a virtual dictionary of how things work for kids. Hands-on --Nine applied experiments will inspire you to learn while doing--like taking apart and safely rebuilding an old keyboard or remote control. Think bigger --Discover how to brainstorm as you plan ways to positively influence our planet.

Take a step toward being the next great scientist, engineer, or tech genius when you learn how things work for kids.

Bluetooth brings beautiful music to your ears--but how, exactly? Using technology and building with technology are two different skill sets--and a twenty-first-century kid will need to understand both. The Big Book of Invisible Technology helps children learn how things work for kids in fun, hands-on ways. From the invisible Internet to driverless cars and drones, this book shows you how things work for kids, using step-by-step experiments. Then apply your knowledge and learn how you may, one day, bring real and important change to our lives. Are you ready to solve some of Earth's biggest challenges with technology? The future needs you.

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