Ultimate Trains (Machines of the Future)
by Peter McMahon (Author) and Andy Mora (Illustrator)
40 pages
Booktalk: Take a trip through the evolution of train technology. Try the 5 “Build it Yourself” experiments to discover the science behind ultimate trains.
Snippet:
Project #1: STEAM ENGINE IN A SALAD BOWL
Believe it or not, you can make your own steam engine in less than a hour using a small number of household items and hardware store parts.
It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
This week’s STEM Friday Round-up is hosted by Celebrate Science
My NEW book, The Zombie Project (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #128)
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Posted by Sue Heavenrich on October 7, 2011 at 8:47 am
OK, you’ve hooked me with the idea of creating a steam engine from stuff in the kitchen cabinet…