Nikola Tesla for Kids
His Life, Ideas, and Inventions, with 21 Activities
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2019
Chicago Review Press (Verlag)
978-0-912777-21-4 (ISBN)
Chicago Review Press (Verlag)
978-0-912777-21-4 (ISBN)
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Finalist for the 2020 AAAS / Subaru SB&F Excellence in Science Book exemplify outstanding and engaging science writing and illustration for young readers
Nikola Tesla was a physicist, electrical engineer, and world-renowned inventor whose accomplishments faded into oblivion after his death in 1943. Some considered this eccentric visionary to be a “mad” scientist, but many of his ideas and inventions that were deemed impossible during his lifetime have since become reality. He is now acknowledged to have invented the radio ahead of Marconi. Tesla was undeniably eccentric and compulsive. Among other things, Tesla developed generators, fluorescent tubes, neon lights, and a small remote-controlled boat. He also helped design the world’s first hydroelectric plant at Niagara Falls.
Nikola Tesla for Kids is the story of Nikola Tesla’s life and ideas, complete with a time line, 21 hands-on activities, and additional resources to better understand his many accomplishments.Kids will:
Construct an electric circuit
Explore Tesla's birthplace online
Investigate the nature of electromagnetic waves
Mix up batch of fluorescent slime
"Visit" the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition
Build a soda bottle submarine
And more!
Nikola Tesla was a physicist, electrical engineer, and world-renowned inventor whose accomplishments faded into oblivion after his death in 1943. Some considered this eccentric visionary to be a “mad” scientist, but many of his ideas and inventions that were deemed impossible during his lifetime have since become reality. He is now acknowledged to have invented the radio ahead of Marconi. Tesla was undeniably eccentric and compulsive. Among other things, Tesla developed generators, fluorescent tubes, neon lights, and a small remote-controlled boat. He also helped design the world’s first hydroelectric plant at Niagara Falls.
Nikola Tesla for Kids is the story of Nikola Tesla’s life and ideas, complete with a time line, 21 hands-on activities, and additional resources to better understand his many accomplishments.Kids will:
Construct an electric circuit
Explore Tesla's birthplace online
Investigate the nature of electromagnetic waves
Mix up batch of fluorescent slime
"Visit" the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition
Build a soda bottle submarine
And more!
Amy M. O'Quinn is a former teacher and the author of Marie Curie for Kids. She is also a freelance educational writer who has contributed toJack and Jill, Learning Through History, Guideposts for Kids, Highlights for Children, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, andHomeschooling Today.
Erscheinungsdatum | 29.05.2019 |
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Reihe/Serie | For Kids series |
Zusatzinfo | Illustrations, unspecified |
Verlagsort | Chicago |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 279 x 215 mm |
Gewicht | 485 g |
Themenwelt | Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Geschichte / Politik |
Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Naturwissenschaft / Technik | |
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch | |
ISBN-10 | 0-912777-21-4 / 0912777214 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-912777-21-4 / 9780912777214 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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