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How do you build a reusable spacecraft that is strong enough to hold up in outer space, but is light enough to fly? How do you design it to meet the needs of the astronauts it carries? In the 1970s, NASA scientists and engineers were tasked with creating something completely new: a rocket-airplane combination that could safely transport astronauts to and from outer space. What they came up with changed the world!
Created in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution, this book builds students' literacy skills while fostering curiosity, creativity, and innovation. The hands-on STEAM challenge is ideal for makerspace activities, and guides students through every stage of the engineering design process. This book features:
Designing Butterfly Exhibits
Grade: 4
Price: $10.99
Learn about the challenges scientists face when creating indoor ecosystems for butterflies! With a hands-on STEAM activity and career connections, this book uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Organic Farming
Grade: 4
Price: $10.99
Learn about the organic food revolution taking place! With a hands-on STEAM activity and career connections, this Smithsonian nonfiction reader uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Saving the Arctic
Grade: 4
Price: $10.99
Discover how changes in the Arctic ecosystem and melting polar ice affect the entire Earth. With a hands-on STEAM activity and career connections, this book uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Powered by Steam
Grade: 4
Price: $10.99
Learn about the history of steam power and the inventors and engineers who made it possible! With a hands-on STEAM activity and career connections, this book uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
The Culture of Calendars
Grade: 4
Price: $10.99
It's "time" to learn how different cultures have kept calendars for thousands of years! With a hands-on STEAM activity and career connections, this book uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Conserving an Aircraft
Grade: 4
Price: $10.99
Read how Smithsonian conservators saved and restored an experimental WWII aircraft from ruin! With a hands-on STEAM activity and career connections, this book uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Rebuilding the Body
Grade: 4
Price: $10.99
3D-printed prosthetics. Bionic and robotic limbs. Learn how technology has advanced the field of prosthetics. With a hands-on STEAM activity, this book uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Making Movies in Technicolor
Grade: 4
Price: $10.99
The use of Technicolor revolutionized the movie industry. Learn the technology behind Technicolor with this book that features a hands-on STEAM activity and uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Selling More Snacks
Grade: 4
Price: $10.99
How do food scientists make chips that taste like cheeseburgers and design packaging that keeps snack foods fresh? Learn the science of food technology and the problems that food scientists solve with this book that features a hands-on STEAM activity!
The Evolution of Space Suits
Grade: 4
Price: $10.99
Learn about the science behind space suits and how they have changed over time. With a hands-on STEAM activity and career connections, this high-interest book uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Designing a Shuttle
Grade: 4
Price: $10.99
Learn about the challenges NASA engineers and scientists faced when tasked with creating the first space shuttle! This high-interest book uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
Electric Vehicles
Grade: 4
Price: $10.99
Learn why electric vehicles are enticing drivers to "dump the pump" and how they have evolved over time! With a hands-on STEAM activity, this book uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.
