Screws Keep Things Secure: Simple Machines for Kids (Picture Book Science)

by Andi Diehn (Author) Micah Rauch (Illustrator)

Screws Keep Things Secure: Simple Machines for Kids (Picture Book Science)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

Learn how simple machines make work easier in these colorful nonfiction picture books all about science and engineering!

If you were building a tree house, what could you use to keep the boards together?

You could use nails, but you might also use screws. Screws are one of the simple machines that are designed to make different kinds of work easier! Lifting, pulling, pushing, and fastening things together―all these tasks are more efficient when you use a simple machine. In Screws Keep Things Secure: Simple Machines for Kids, readers ages 5 to 8 learn how a screw’s shape can pull things together or push things apart or even move heavy objects from one place to another!

Scientific concepts including forces and mechanical advantage come clear with engaging illustrations and lots of real-life examples that kids can spot in their home, schools, and neighborhoods.

An introductory poem offers language arts connections while a hands-on activity at the end reinforces concepts in the book. A glossary and photographs offer even more supplemental learning opportunities.

Screws Keep Things Secure is part of a six-book set of Picture Book Science books designed to introduce young engineers to physical science concepts. Other titles are Wedges Make a PointInclined Planes Ramp It UpPulleys Pull Their WeightWheels Make the World Go Round, and Levers Lessen the Load.

All books are leveled for Guided Reading level and Lexile and align with Common Core state standards and Next Generation Science Standards.

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The newest Picture Book Science series introduces simple machines through poems, declarative sentences that define technical vocabulary in context, and relatable examples supported by bright illustrations featuring diverse casts of characters. Worthy additions for elementary STEAM collections.

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Praise for other books by Andi Diehn in the Picture Book Science series

Story Monsters

"Science can be fun for your children when they try the STEM activities included in this beautifully illustrated science book about waves."

Andi Diehn

Andi Diehn is the author of Explore Poetry! With 25 Great Projects, Technology: Cool Women Who Code, and Shakespeare: Investigate the Bard's Influence on Today's World for Nomad Press. She lives in Enfield, NH, with her family.

Shululu (Hui Li) has always been driven by curiosity. She received a PhD in computational chemistry from the University of Chicago. Her research has been published in the world's most influential science journals, including Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. She is devoted to bringing joy and science to young readers through fun illustrations! She lives with her husband in New York, NY.

Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781647410940
Lexile Measure
730
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Nomad Press (VT)
Publication date
October 15, 2023
Series
Picture Book Science
BISAC categories
JNF051130 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Machinery & Tools
JNF051120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | How Things Work/Are Made
Library of Congress categories
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