Terrific Transportation Inventions

From the Series Awesome Inventions You Use Every Day

  • Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 6
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

Did you know that the world’s first submarine traveled the Thames River in England way back in 1615? Or that early cars had three wheels instead of four? Get ready to learn the fascinating stories behind inventions you use every day. From the motorcycle inventor who died while riding his creation to the engineers who figured out a better way to launch humans into space, you’ll find out how we got the transportation inventions that get us where we’re going.

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Interest Level Grade 3 - Grade 6
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre Science
Category STEM, STEM: Engineering
Copyright 2014
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2013-08-01
Reading Counts! Level 4.5
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF057000, JNF061010, JNF051190
Dewey 629.04'6
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 7 x 10
Lexile 730
ATOS Reading Level 4.6
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 159727
Accelerated Reader® Points 1.0
Features Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Photo captions, Reviewed, Sidebars, Table of contents, Teaching Guides, and eSource

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School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

“This set is a browsers’ delight as well as a rich resource for science or pop-history report writers.” —School Library Journal, Series Made Simple