3000! Amazing STEM Facts for Smart Kids

3000! Amazing STEM Facts for Smart Kids

Author: Theo Brighton

Publisher: Beyond Class Books

Published: 2024-04-01

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13:

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An Epic Learning Adventure Filled with 3000 Incredibly Interesting Educational Facts! - Did you know that there are gloves inspired by geckos' feet that let humans climb walls like Spider-Man? - Or that there's an animal that can carry objects 50 times its body weight? - Or that somewhere in the world, there's a road so wide that 160 cars can drive side-by-side? Why read books that don't teach you anything when you could read this? You'll learn 3000 amazing facts that you can use to impress your family and get reactions from your friends! Say goodbye to awkward silences and "I don't know what to say." Start incredibly interesting conversations with these impressive facts about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. There's no fluff or filler in this book. Each fact is interesting, educational, and straight to the point. There are 123 well-organized subchapters, the facts are numbered from 1-3000, and there is a blank space between each fact for easy reading. Inside, You'll Learn About: - The blazing trails of planets and the mysteries of galaxies. - Earth’s fascinating geology, weather patterns, and natural phenomena. - The complexity of biology, from ecosystems to the human body. - Chemistry's wonders, including elements, compounds, and molecular marvels. - The principles of physics that govern motion, energy, and the universe itself. - Cutting-edge technological advancements in AI, robotics, and the internet. - Engineering feats that shape our infrastructure, from bridges to space travel. Mathematical concepts made intriguing through puzzles, games, and critical thinking exercises. A Sneak Peek into Some Mind-Blowing Facts: - Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system, races around the Sun at 106,000 miles per hour–fast enough to cross the United States in a heartbeat! - The Baobab tree can store up to 31,700 gallons of water in its trunk, making it a natural desert reservoir. That's 240,000 standard water bottles! - Dry water is a powdered form of water, where water droplets are surrounded by a silica coating, preventing them from combining. - Before it became the tech giant we know today, Google was originally named "BackRub"–a nod to its backlink analysis method. - Nanoscale fabrication allows for solar cell materials that can be sprayed onto surfaces, turning anything into a solar panel! Your Passport to Becoming a STEM Star! With the incredible diversity and quantity of facts in this book, readers will be kept occupied and engaged. Using these facts to impress classmates and family will plant a love of learning. So whether you're a curious kid eager to learn, a parent looking for an engaging educational resource, or a teacher in search of trivia to spark your students' interest in STEM, "3000! Amazing STEM Facts for Smart Kids" is your stepping stone to wonder, knowledge, and a genuine love for learning. Impress your friends, wow your teachers, and feed your curiosity with this captivating collection that celebrates the marvels of STEM!


Golden Ticket

Golden Ticket

Author: Kate Egan

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Published: 2022-06-21

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1250820340

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A middle grade novel by Kate Egan, Golden Ticket, explores friendship, academic anxiety, and what it means to be special. “It’s practically like a private school,” Mrs. Silver said bitterly. “The best teacher, for such a tiny group of students. Who wouldn’t succeed in a class like that?” She took off her sunglasses to glare at the dad. “Those kids get picked out when they’re seven years old, and they get handed a golden ticket. Of course they become stars.” Eleven-year-old Ash McNulty is one of the “gifted and talented” kids at her school, spending most of her day in a special class with a few other advanced students. As the end of fifth grade rolls around, she should be on top of the world. According to everyone, she’s going to rock junior high! But Ash has a secret: She can’t keep up with her advanced classmates anymore. The minute she asks for help though, everyone will know she’s not who they think she is. She’s not so smart. She might not even be that special. And her parents will be crushed to discover the truth. If Ash can win the Quiz Bowl, though, that will show everyone that she is still on top. If she gets a lucky break ahead of time, all the better. Except that “lucky break” backfires . . . And Ash is left to question everything she thought she knew about school, friends, and success.


Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year

Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year

Author: Nina Hamza

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2021-06-22

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0063024918

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This hilarious and poignant tween debut about dealing with bullies, making friends, and the power of good books is a great next read for fans of Merci Suárez Changes Gears and John David Anderson. Ahmed Aziz is having an epic year—epically bad. After his dad gets sick, the family moves from Hawaii to Minnesota for his dad’s treatment. Even though his dad grew up there, Ahmed can’t imagine a worse place to live. He’s one of the only brown kids in his school. And as a proud slacker, Ahmed doesn’t want to deal with expectations from his new teachers. Ahmed surprises himself by actually reading the assigned books for his English class: Holes, Bridge to Terabithia, and From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Shockingly, he doesn’t hate them. Ahmed also starts learning about his uncle, who died before Ahmed was born. Getting bits and pieces of his family’s history might be the one upside of the move, as his dad’s health hangs in the balance and the school bully refuses to leave him alone. Will Ahmed ever warm to Minnesota? * A Chicago Public Library Kids Best Book of the Year * A BookPage Best Book of the Year * Finalist for the Minnesota Book Award *


Approval Junkie

Approval Junkie

Author: Faith Salie

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0553419943

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From comedian and journalist Faith Salie, of NPR's Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me! and CBS News Sunday Morning, a collection of daring, funny essays chronicling the author's adventures during her lifelong quest for approval Faith Salie has done it all in the name of validation. Whether she’s trying to impress her parents with a perfect GPA, undergoing an exorcism to save her toxic marriage, or baking a 3D excavator cake for her son’s birthday, Salie is the ultimate approval seeker—an “approval junkie,” if you will. In this collection of daring, honest essays, Salie shares stories from her lifelong quest for gold stars, recounting her strategy for winning (very Southern) high school beauty pageant; her struggle to pick the perfect outfit to wear to her divorce; and her difficulty falling in love again, and then conceiving, in the years following her mother’s death. With thoughtful irreverence, Salie reflects on why she tries so hard to please others, and herself, highlighting a phenomenon that many people—especially women—experience at home and in the workplace. Equal parts laugh-out loud funny and poignant, Approval Junkie is one woman’s journey to realizing that seeking approval from others is more than just getting them to like you—it's challenging yourself to achieve, and survive, more than you ever thought you could.


Ruby Red

Ruby Red

Author: Kerstin Gier

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

Published: 2011-05-10

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1429921218

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Gwyneth Shepherd's sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time. But unexpectedly, it is Gwyneth who in the middle of class takes a sudden spin to a different era! Gwyneth must now unearth the mystery of why her mother would lie about her birth date to ward off suspicion about her ability, brush up on her history, and work with Gideon—the time traveler from a similarly gifted family that passes the gene through its male line, and whose presence becomes, in time, less insufferable and more essential. Together, Gwyneth and Gideon journey through time to discover who, in the 18th century and in contemporary London, they can trust. Kerstin Gier's Ruby Red is young adult novel full of fantasy and romance.


Defending Jacob

Defending Jacob

Author: William Landay

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Published: 2012-01-31

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0345527593

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A legal thriller that’s comparable to classics such as Scott Turow’s Presumed Innocent . . . tragic and shocking.”—Associated Press NOW AN EMMY-NOMINATED ORIGINAL STREAMING SERIES • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • Boston Globe • Kansas City Star Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney for two decades. He is respected. Admired in the courtroom. Happy at home with the loves of his life: his wife, Laurie, and their teenage son, Jacob. Then Andy’s quiet suburb is stunned by a shocking crime: a young boy stabbed to death in a leafy park. And an even greater shock: The accused is Andy’s own son—shy, awkward, mysterious Jacob. Andy believes in Jacob’s innocence. Any parent would. But the pressure mounts. Damning evidence. Doubt. A faltering marriage. The neighbors’ contempt. A murder trial that threatens to obliterate Andy’s family. It is the ultimate test for any parent: How far would you go to protect your child? It is a test of devotion. A test of how well a parent can know a child. For Andy Barber, a man with an iron will and a dark secret, it is a test of guilt and innocence in the deepest sense. How far would you go? Praise for Defending Jacob “A novel like this comes along maybe once a decade . . . a tour de force, a full-blooded legal thriller about a murder trial and the way it shatters a family. With its relentless suspense, its mesmerizing prose, and a shocking twist at the end, it’s every bit as good as Scott Turow’s great Presumed Innocent. But it’s also something more: an indelible domestic drama that calls to mind Ordinary People and We Need to Talk About Kevin. A spellbinding and unforgettable literary crime novel.”—Joseph Finder “Defending Jacob is smart, sophisticated, and suspenseful—capturing both the complexity and stunning fragility of family life.”—Lee Child “Powerful . . . leaves you gasping breathlessly at each shocking revelation.”—Lisa Gardner “Disturbing, complex, and gripping, Defending Jacob is impossible to put down. William Landay is a stunning talent.”—Carla Neggers “Riveting, suspenseful, and emotionally searing.”—Linwood Barclay


Brandeis University

Brandeis University

Author: Abram Leon Sachar

Publisher: UPNE

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9780874515855

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In this engaging account, the first president of Brandeis tells how many formidable obstacles to launching a new university without initial capital endowment or any hope of alumni support for at least a generation were overcome; how academic goals were drafted, distinguished faculty recruited, and chairs endowed; and how a dilapidated campus was expended into a well-organized plant of some 90 buildings. In this revision of the 1976 edition, Abram L. Sachar expands the scope of his commentary and imbues it with a critical depth and objectivity that comes from 20 additional years of active involvement in the service of the university.


Springfield Confidential

Springfield Confidential

Author: Mike Reiss

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2018-06-12

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 0062748041

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Semi-Finalist for the 2019 James Thurber Award * One of Vulture's Top-10 Comedy Books of 2018 * A "Must" pick by Entertainment Weekly * An A.V. Club Best Books selection * A "New and Noteworthy" selection by USA Today In celebration of The Simpsons thirtieth anniversary, the show’s longest-serving writer and producer offers a humorous look at the writing and making of the legendary Fox series that has become one of the most revered artistic achievements in television history. Four-time Emmy winner Mike Reiss—who has worked on The Simpsons continuously since episode one in 1989—shares stories, scandals, and gossip about working with America’s most iconic cartoon family ever. Reiss explains how the episodes are created, and provides an inside look at the show’s writers, animators, actors and celebrity guests. He answers a range of questions from Simpsons fans and die-hards, and reminisces about the making of perennially favorite episodes. In his freewheeling, irreverent comic style, Reiss reflects on his lifetime inside The Simpsons—a personal highlights reel of his achievements, observations, and favorite stories. Springfield Confidential exposes why Matt Groening decided to make all of the characters yellow; dishes on what it’s like to be crammed in a room full of funny writers sixty hours a week; and tells what Reiss learned after traveling to seventy-one countries where The Simpsons is watched (ironic note: there’s no electricity in many of these places); and even reveals where Springfield is located! He features unique interviews with Judd Apatow, who also provided the foreword, and Conan O'Brien, as well as with Simpsons legends Al Jean, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and more. Like Cary Elwes’ As You Wish, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong’s Seinfeldia, and Chris Smith’s The Daily Show: An Oral History, Springfield Confidential is a funny, informational, and exclusive look at one of the most beloved programs in all of television land.


Death by Toilet Paper

Death by Toilet Paper

Author: Donna Gephart

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Published: 2014-08-05

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 038537416X

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If you can't find toilet paper right now, that stinks (literally). But here is the book for you! Fans of Louis Sachar will welcome the adventures of a contest-crazed seventh grader who uses his wits and way with words in hopes of winning a big cash prize to help his family avoid eviction. Benjamin is about to lose a whole lot more than good toilet paper. If he doesn't make tons of money fast by selling candy bars and winning contests—like the Royal-T Bathroom Tissue slogan contest—his family will get kicked out of their apartment. Even with his flair for clever slogans, will Benjamin be able to win a cash prize large enough to keep a promise he made to his dad before he died? Or will he lose everything that matters to him? Praise for Death by Toilet Paper "Readers can't help but enjoy this heartening book about hanging in there."--Kirkus Reviews "Ben is a character kids will root for."--Publisher's Weekly "Would make a fine classroom readaloud."--The Bulletin