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Makerspace Cardboard Challenge! (DiscoverRoo)

From castles and armour to rockets and robots, an object’s design relates directly to its purpose. By understanding the purpose of an object, people can create plans for building the object. This fun series guides readers in planning, building, and improving their own cardboard models of castles, roller coasters, and more. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, a supply list, Think About It critical thinking questions, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Pop! is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Makerspace Careers

Makerspace. FabLab. TechShop. Hackerspace. Whatever one calls it, a makerspace is more than a creative space. It provides vital skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), while teaching hands-on education, enhancing critical thinking, and more. Each book identifies a specific type of career, such as electronics, interactive media, and robotics. Readers will learn how they can acquire skills for academic and professional opportunities such as classes, camps, and internships, and how to take those skills to the job of their choice.

Makerspace Models

Create your own model-sized vehicles powered by balloons, rubber bands, and small motors. Step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and photographs guide readers through the building process, while informative text explains the science-aerodynamics, gravity, propulsion-behind them.

Makerspace Survival  

Scorching deserts, freezing mountaintops, and predator-infested rain forests are no match for human ingenuity! Readers of this savvy series will learn how to engineer their way out of natureÎs deadliest environments. Makerspace and STEM activities push readersÎ problem-solving skills to new limits, and real-life scenarios immerse them in the learning experience and inspire creative solutions. Thrilling fact boxes entice readers with fascinating information about these dangerous locations.

Making a Difference

Making a Difference (12SL)

The Making a Difference series tells engaging, inspiring, and sometimes touching stories of people, organizations, and communities who are helping people, animals, and the planet. Each book profiles 12 stories about how people are making a difference in a respective area: animals, children, the community, after a disaster, education, immigrants and refugees, the planet, and seniors. Some work is on a national or global scale; other work is on a grassroots, local level. Readers will learn how others are trying to make the world a better place, and be inspired to do the same.

Making America Great: Immigrant Success Stories

America is known for welcoming immigrants, but not everyone knows how much immigrants have given back. They've led the nation's top baseball teams to the World Series. Many have served their communities in public office and others have made amazing scientific breakthroughs. Chances are that your favourite devices and apps have also benefited from immigrant know-how, as many of the tech whizzes in the U.S. hail from abroad. The contributions immigrants have made don't always make headlines, but the U.S. would be unrecognizable without them.

Making and using Graphs (Math Explorer Junior)

Making and Using Graphs employs bright illustrations and clear text to teach young readers how to create and use graphs to represent and analyze data. This series described single type of graphs and offer examples, as well as activities designed for readers to practice gathering and graphing data. A conclusion summarizes key concepts and suggests more graphing activities.

Making Good Choices

Friendships are hard, and relationships change as kids grow up. How would you respond? Each of these choose-your-own ending books allows the reader to make choices that lead to different outcomes, supporting social-emotional learning.

Making It in the Music Industry

Every day countless singers, songwriters, and musicians dream of stardom. Making It in the Music Industry is a guide than can help them attain those dreams. Rich with real-life examples and anecdotes, chapters cover music industry players, how to get gigs and monetizing music, and the negative aspects of the industry every musician should understand.