2020 Elementary Summer Reading STEAM Fun | Arlington Public Library

1) Ada Lovelace cracks the code

Author

Purtill, Corinne

Series

Rebel girls (Chapter books) volume 2

Description

Growing up in nineteenth century London, England, Ada is curious about absolutely everything. She is obsessed with machines and with creatures that fly. She even designs her own flying laboratory! According to her mother, Ada is a bit too wild, so she encourages Ada to study math. At first Ada thinks: Bleh! Who can get excited about a subject without pictures? But she soon falls in love with it. One day she encounters a mysterious machine, and from...

2) Ada Twist, scientist

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Questioneers volume 3

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Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.

3) Alvin Ho allergic to girls, school, and other scary things

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Alvin Ho volume 1

Description

A young boy in Concord, Massachusetts, who loves superheroes and comes from a long line of brave Chinese farmer-warriors, wants to make friends, but first he must overcome his fear of everything.

4) Biodiversity: explore the diversity of life on Earth : with environmental science activities for kids

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Series

"Build it yourself"

Description

Biodiversity: Explore the Diversity of Life on Earth with Science Activities for Kids introduces middle schoolers to the evolution of life on Earth, beginning with the first single-celled organisms that emerged 3.8 billion years ago to the complex, multi-celled organisms that exist today and make up the tree of life. Biodiversity is found everywhere on the planet--on land, in the water, and even in extreme environments such as ice and volcanoes. Biodiversity...

5) Bots!: robotic engineering : with hands-on makerspace activities

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"Build it yourself"

Description

"Robots are everywhere! In Bots! Robotics Engineering with Hands-On Makerspace Activities, middle schoolers learn about these devices that vacuum our houses, work in our factories, help us learn at school, sample rocks from other planets, and even bring back images from the bottom of the ocean. In Bots! you can find hands-on STEM activities, coding challenges that use free online software, essential questions, and links to online primary resources!"--...

6) Buzzing with questions: the inquisitive mind of Charles Henry Turner

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Harrington, Janice N

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Charles Henry Turner's mind itched with questions. Fascinated by animals, bugs, and crustaceans, Turner studied their lives. When books didn't answer his questions, he researched, experimented, and looked for answers on his own, even when faced with racial prejudice. Author Janice Harrington and artist Theodore Taylor III capture the life of this scientist and educator, highlighting his unstoppable curiosity and his passion for insects and biology....

7) Can you crack the code?: A fascinating history of ciphers and cryptography

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"Codes can carry big secrets! Throughout history, lots of good guys and lots of bad guys have used codes to keep their messages under wraps. This fun and flippable nonfiction features stories of hidden treasures, war-time maneuverings, and contemporary hacking as well as explaining the mechanics behind the codes in accessible and kid friendly forms. Sidebars call out activities that invite the reader to try their own hand at cracking and crafting...

8) Cats vs. robots: This is war

Author

Stohl, Margaret

Series

Cats vs. robots volume 1

Description

The Robot Federation and the Feline Empire have been at war for eons. And now that fight is coming to a tiny primitive planetoid...Earth. The mission for both cats and robots: retrieve the Singularity Chip. With it, cats can live past their nine lives, and robots are granted eternal battery life. Meanwhile, twin siblings Max and Min Wengrod are as different as can be. Min always gets good grades, and she loves to read and build robots. Max hates...

9) Changing the equation: 50+ US Black women in STEM

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"Award-winning author Tonya Bolden explores the black women who have changed the world of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in America. Including groundbreaking computer scientists, doctors, inventors, physicists, pharmacists, mathematicians, aviators, and many more, this book celebrates over 50 women who have shattered the glass ceiling, defied racial discrimination, and pioneered in their fields. In these profiles, young readers...

10) Discovering STEM at the amusement park

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STEM in the real world

11) Discovering STEM at the museum

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STEM in the real world

12) Discovering STEM at the restaurant

Author

Machajewski, Sarah

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STEM in the real world

13) Discovering STEM at the zoo

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STEM in the real world

14) Dr. Snow has got to go!

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Series

My weirder-est school volume 1

Description

Ella Mentry School is having a science fair! Guest scientist Dr. Snow has arrived to help A.J. and his friends conduct their own cool experiments. But what is "the Snowman" really planning? And what does S.T.E.M. even stand for, anyway? -- from Amazon.

15) Dream jobs in engineering

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Series

Cutting-edge careers in STEM

Description

"From designing robots to developing new forms of energy, 21st-century careers in engineering are not limited only to construction sites. This title explores the exciting and world-changing possibilities that an education in engineering can lead to."--Provided by publisher.

16) Edison: the mystery of the missing mouse treasure

Author

Kuhlmann, Torben

Series

Mouse adventures

Description

When two unlikely friends build a vessel capable of taking them to the bottom of the ocean and find a missing treasure, the truth turns out to be far more amazing. A mixture of STEM and animal adventure recommended for kids fascinated by engineering or invention.

17) Engineers: with STEM projects for kids

Author

Taylor, Diane C

Series

Gutsy girls go for science

Description

Have you crossed over a bridge today? Have you ridden an elevator to a top floor? Have you opened up a carton of milk? All of these things were made possible through engineering! In Gutsy Girls Go for Science: Engineers with STEM Projects for Kids, readers ages 8 to 11 meet five female engineers who revolutionized the role of women in engineering, including Ellen Swallow Richards, Emily Warren Roebling, Kate Gleason, Lillian Moller Gilbreth, and Mary...

18) Field tripped

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The fifth graders of Liberty Falls Elementary have a reputation for trouble, but they manage to convince their principal to let them go on a field trip to the mansion of Edward Minks (local inventor, founder of the town, and great-great-great grandfather of fifth-grader Eddie), and search for the secret inventions that are rumored to be hidden there--but once at the estate they find that they are not the only people searching, and somehow this class...

19) Frank Einstein and the antimatter motor

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Series

Frank Einstein volume 1

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

In his Grandpa Al's garage workshop, child genius Frank Einstein tries to invent a robot that can learn on its own, and after an accident brings wisecracking Klink and overly expressive Klank to life, they set about helping Frank perfect his Antimatter Motor until his archnemesis, T. Edison, steals the robots for his doomsday plan.

20) Frankie Sparks and the talent show trick

Author

Blakemore, Megan Frazer

Series

Frankie Sparks, third-grade inventor volume 2

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Book, eAudiobook

Description

Frankie Sparks uses her inventing skills to help her friend overcome stage fright in this second chapter book in the STEM inspired Frankie Sparks, Third-Grade Inventor series. It's time for the annual school talent show, and Frankie is excited to audition with her magic act! She wants to be just like her idol, Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic. But on the day of the audition, Frankie's best friend and Magician's Assistant, Maya, gets a big, scary...