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Discover how electrical engineering is part of our daily lives with Everyday STEM Science — Electrical Engineering.Following on from Civil Engineering and Chemical Engineering comes another branch – electrical. Explore this fascinating side of engineering, from the electrical inventions throughout our homes including washing machines and toothbrushes to the high-tech robotics and AI that are assisting humans in every corner of the world. Plus, meet the engineers and scientists whose discoveries are changing our lives for the better, including Yvette Stevens, Tim Berners-Lee and Wendy Carlos. There are also fun engineering experiments that readers can carry out at home using everyday household items! Amaze your friends with a lemon battery and an electric ghost.With easy-to-understand text written by Jenny Jacoby, fun callouts and lots of colourful artworks, photos, and diagrams, readers can best explore where we encounter elect

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Little physicists will love the mix of non-fiction and activities in this educational book full of zappy ideas. Fun games and puzzles teach boys and girls about sound waves, electricity and the different forces that we interact with every day. Start a lifelong passion for STEM subjects.

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Discover how science affects our daily lives with Everyday STEM — Chemical Engineering, filled with inventions, stories and experiments to try at home.Engineering is all around you! From raising agents in bread to life-saving medicine and eco-friendly fuel, chemical engineering has transformed our lives. Discover the animal inspiration behind running blades, watch DNA technology in action, and see how engineering can help to feed the world. Plus, meet the engineers and scientists whose discoveries are changing our lives for the better, including Tu Youyou, Markus Rehm and Jamie Garcia. Then put your engineering skills to the test with the cool at-home experiments. With easy-to-understand text written by science communicator Jenny Jacoby, and lots of colourful artworks, photos and diagrams, readers can best explore where we encounter chemical engineering and why it’s even important at all.The Everyday STEM series makes science relevant to tweens. Instead of telling kids STEM is important and is the key to their future success, these books show readers how we use science, technology, engineering and maths in our everyday lives. While the topics sound high-level and complex, this series makes these concepts age-appropriate and accessible. So, while we can’t promise to teach 9 to 11-year-olds quantum physics, we can explain in the simplest terms the practical applications of STEM.

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Future coders will love the mix of non-fiction and activities in this educational book full of BIG ideas. Fun games and puzzles teach boys and girls about code, programming, loops, conditionals, spotting patterns and solving problems. Start a lifelong passion for STEM subjects.

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Reveal the hidden maths all around us! People use maths every single day in their jobs, sometimes without realising! From a football coach studying the stats to a chef making sure everyone’s food is ready at the same time, the jobs and occupations at the heart of this super-creative non-fiction read will inspire all children to seek out the everyday maths in the world around us.

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Future chemists will love the mix of non-fiction and activities in this educational book full of BIG ideas. Fun games and puzzles teach boys and girls about chemistry, atoms, states of matter, chemicals and the periodic table. Start a lifelong passion for STEM subjects.

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Reveal the hidden science all around us! People use science every single day in their jobs, sometimes without realising! From a smoothie maker creating a vortex to blend fruit and vegetables to firefighters extinguishing a blaze by breaking the fire triangle, the jobs and occupations at the heart of this super-creative non-fiction read will inspire all children to seek out the everyday science in the world around us.

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Future biologists will love the mix of non-fiction and activities in this educational book full of BIG ideas. Fun games and puzzles teach boys and girls about biology, plants, biomes, ecology, nature, digestion and the human body. Start a lifelong passion for STEM subjects.

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Maths is a huge part of science, technology and engineering. Young mathematicians can discover more at home by reading the simple explanations and doing the beautifully illustrated activities on each page. Start a lifelong passion for STEM subjects and inspire problem-solving skills.

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The next mega-jam-packed book in the Cool series features fact-tastic technology timelines, information and experiments! Nanotechnology, gaming, future food, virtual reality and more! The next mega-jam-packed book in the Cool series features fact-tastic technology timelines, information and experiments. Covering nanotechnology, gaming, future food, virtual reality and more! As well as looking ahead to the technology of the future, this book looks at major technology advancements of the past that changed the way people lived – like writing, the story of fire, the printing press and the industrial revolution. Complete with engaging illustrations and infographics throughout, also included are experiments and activities that any tech-head can do at home! Other titles in this series include: Cool Science, Cool Astronomy, Cool Art, Cool Physics, Cool Maths, Cool Architecture, Cool Nature, Cool Coding and Cool Engineering.

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Discover how engineering is part of our daily lives with Everyday STEM Engineering – Civil Engineering.Engineering is all around us, from the roads on which we travel to the latest earthquake-proof buildings. It's even in space! Discover how civil and mechanical engineering helps us interact with society, see how engineering is helping to save the environment, and meet the inspirational engineers whose designs make our lives easier, including Roma Agrawal, Reyhan Jamalova, Sarah Guppy and David Aguilar. A "try this at home" section shows readers how to create a building made out of spaghetti, plus much more.With easy-to-understand text written by STEM expert Jenny Jacoby and lots of colourful artworks, photos and diagrams, readers can best explore where we encounter engineering and why it’s even important at all.The Everyday STEM series makes science relevant to tweens. Instead of telling kids STEM is important and is the key to their future success, these books show readers how we use science, technology, engineering and maths in our everyday lives. While the topics sound high-level and complex, this series makes these concepts age-appropriate and accessible. So, while we can’t promise to teach 9 to 11-year-olds quantum physics, we can explain in the simplest terms the practical applications of STEM.

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Discover important scientific words in this illustrated STEM encyclopedia. Each spread is beautifully illustrated with humour and charm. 100 essential concepts captivate the minds of young readers and explain scientific definitions from the horrific Yangchuanosaurus and even the true definition of Zero!

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Do you know your Algorithms from your Brownian motion? How about your Coprolites? (That means dinosaur poo!) Discover these words and more in this illustrated STEM encyclopedia. Organised in alphabetical order and each term beautifully illustrated with humour and charm, these 100 essential concepts will fascinate scientifically minded young readers, from those ABCs all the way down to X-rays, the terrifying Yangchuanosaurus and even the true definition of Zero! There is a contents list at the front and a full index at the back, plenty of extra words and definitions … plus mind-boggling facts too. This is the book for STEM fans!

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Future robotics engineers will love the mix of non-fiction and activities in this educational book full of BIG ideas. Fun games and puzzles teach boys and girls about robotics, automation, programming and engineering. Start a lifelong passion for STEM subjects.

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Engineering is what brings machines to life. Little learners can discover more about engineering at home by reading the simple explanations and doing the beautifully illustrated activities on each page. Start a lifelong passion for STEM subjects and inspire children to, one day, contribute an invention of their own to the world.

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Inside this mega-jam-packed book are fact-tastic engineering timelines, drawing tips, information and experiments! From biographies of key engineers to learning about chemical, civil, mechanical, electrical and biomedical engineering. Engineering is no less than the power to change the world! Inside this mega-jam-packed book find out about the lives of people who have done just this, and get stuck into all sorts of experiments to get your own brain matter moving! As well as experiments, this book has fact-tastic engineering timelines, drawing tips, and information! It also includes biographies of key engineers like Leonardo da Vinci, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Hedy Lamarr and Elon Musk. Discover within the many branches of engineering a whole world of clever inventions – from the mechanical tools that allowed early civilisations to irrigate their land, and the steam engines that powered the industrial revolution, to modern-day computers, and biomedical inventions that revolutionising how we deal with disease. Find out about the world of engineering from the building of the pyramids to spacecrafts and on to the largest crisis of our times – how to solve global warming. Watch out for other books in the ‘Cool’ series: Cool Nature, Cool Science Tricks, Cool Architecture, Cool Art and more!

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Creative scientists will love the mix of non-fiction and activities in this educational book full of artistic ideas. Fun games and puzzles teach boys and girls how to communicate their ideas visually, create the tools they need and use techniques to improve their learning. Start a lifelong passion for discovering STEM subjects through art.

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Art meets science in this bright and colourful guide to key STEAM topics. From the types of energy on our planet or the physics behind sound waves to creative thinking and groundbreaking technology, the basic principles in this book will spark a lifelong passion for STEAM. Discover what can happen when science, technology, engineering, art and maths come together.

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Little scientists will love the mix of non-fiction and activities in this educational book full of zappy ideas. Fun games and puzzles teach boys and girls about things like sound waves, magnetism and the different forces that we interact with every day. Start a lifelong passion for STEM subjects. Originally published as four separate titles, this bind-up brings all of the core STEM concepts under one roof.

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