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How do you stop a moving train? : a physics book about forces / written by Lucy D. Hayes and Madeline J. Hayes ; illustrated by Srimalie Bassani.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oakville, ON, Canada : Flowerpot Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • Children
ISBN:
  • 9781486718627
  • 1486718620
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Come along on a science adventure to discover how cars speed up and slow down, how astronauts float in space, and so much more! This fun question and answer book has everything from facts and figures to simple diagrams and hilarious illustrations to help you learn introductory physics terms and concepts including displacement, velocity, acceleration, forces, friction, gravity and more."--Back cover
Holdings
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 531.11 H417 Available 33111011036387
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 531.11 H417 Available 33111010953822
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Have you ever wondered how astronauts float in space, or how your pizza gets from your plate to your mouth?

In the How Do series, readers are invited to guess and then explore the science behind the right answers. Basic principles of physics, including learning about distance, displacement, speed, velocity, acceleration, forces, friction, gravity, and Newton's laws of motion, are explored through informative and engaging text in this newest addition to the How Do series.

About the How Do series: These visually appealing STEM titles for inquisitive readers and young science enthusiasts, are fully illustrated nonfiction picture books that are a great introduction to various STEM topics. Each title includes facts and figures, simple diagrams and hilarious illustrations and is written in a question-and-answer format to encourage readers to ask questions and guess the answers before exploring the science behind the correct answers.

"Come along on a science adventure to discover how cars speed up and slow down, how astronauts float in space, and so much more! This fun question and answer book has everything from facts and figures to simple diagrams and hilarious illustrations to help you learn introductory physics terms and concepts including displacement, velocity, acceleration, forces, friction, gravity and more."--Back cover

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