Learn About the Way Things Move

Learn About the Way Things Move

Author: Heidi Gold-Dworkin

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published: 2000-08-10

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780071348249

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What youngster isn't fascinated by motion? They'll love learning about the basic forces that speed us up, slow us down, and cause things to rise and fall.


How Things Move

How Things Move

Author: Don L. Curry

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 1999-09

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 9780736807241

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Explains the concept of push and pull movement, using many examples.


Forces Make Things Move

Forces Make Things Move

Author: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2005-08-16

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 006445214X

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There are forces at work whenever you throw a ball, run up the stairs, or push your big brotheroff the couch. Want to learn more about the forces around you? Read and find out!


Ways Things Move

Ways Things Move

Author: Robin Nelson

Publisher: Lerner Publications

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780822551362

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Simple text introduces how different objects move, in different patterns and in different speeds, when pushed or pulled.


How Things Move

How Things Move

Author: Helen Gregory

Publisher: Capstone Classroom

Published: 2011-08

Total Pages: 9

ISBN-13: 1429678143

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Describes simple machines and how they are used.


Making Things Move DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists

Making Things Move DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists

Author: Dustyn Roberts

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2010-12-06

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0071741682

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Get Your Move On! In Making Things Move: DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists, you'll learn how to successfully build moving mechanisms through non-technical explanations, examples, and do-it-yourself projects--from kinetic art installations to creative toys to energy-harvesting devices. Photographs, illustrations, screen shots, and images of 3D models are included for each project. This unique resource emphasizes using off-the-shelf components, readily available materials, and accessible fabrication techniques. Simple projects give you hands-on practice applying the skills covered in each chapter, and more complex projects at the end of the book incorporate topics from multiple chapters. Turn your imaginative ideas into reality with help from this practical, inventive guide. Discover how to: Find and select materials Fasten and join parts Measure force, friction, and torque Understand mechanical and electrical power, work, and energy Create and control motion Work with bearings, couplers, gears, screws, and springs Combine simple machines for work and fun Projects include: Rube Goldberg breakfast machine Mousetrap powered car DIY motor with magnet wire Motor direction and speed control Designing and fabricating spur gears Animated creations in paper An interactive rotating platform Small vertical axis wind turbine SADbot: the seasonally affected drawing robot Make Great Stuff! TAB, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading publisher of DIY technology books for makers, hackers, and electronics hobbyists.


Motion

Motion

Author: Darlene R. Stille

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 25

ISBN-13: 1404802509

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Learn how things get moving and what makes them stop.


Making Things Move: Force and Motion

Making Things Move: Force and Motion

Author: Adriana Frost

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 1477723390

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Making Things Move: Force and Motion is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.2.2 and Literacy.L.2.5b. Readers are introduced to simple physics lessons in an accessible way, featuring real-world examples, in this book, which includes full-page color photographs paired with narrative nonfiction text that explain relevant concepts. This book should be paired with “Push and Pull: Understanding Force and Motion" (9781477723548) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.


The First 20 Hours

The First 20 Hours

Author: Josh Kaufman

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-06-13

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1101623047

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Forget the 10,000 hour rule— what if it’s possible to learn the basics of any new skill in 20 hours or less? Take a moment to consider how many things you want to learn to do. What’s on your list? What’s holding you back from getting started? Are you worried about the time and effort it takes to acquire new skills—time you don’t have and effort you can’t spare? Research suggests it takes 10,000 hours to develop a new skill. In this nonstop world when will you ever find that much time and energy? To make matters worse, the early hours of prac­ticing something new are always the most frustrating. That’s why it’s difficult to learn how to speak a new language, play an instrument, hit a golf ball, or shoot great photos. It’s so much easier to watch TV or surf the web . . . In The First 20 Hours, Josh Kaufman offers a systematic approach to rapid skill acquisition— how to learn any new skill as quickly as possible. His method shows you how to deconstruct com­plex skills, maximize productive practice, and remove common learning barriers. By complet­ing just 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice you’ll go from knowing absolutely nothing to performing noticeably well. Kaufman personally field-tested the meth­ods in this book. You’ll have a front row seat as he develops a personal yoga practice, writes his own web-based computer programs, teaches himself to touch type on a nonstandard key­board, explores the oldest and most complex board game in history, picks up the ukulele, and learns how to windsurf. Here are a few of the sim­ple techniques he teaches: Define your target performance level: Fig­ure out what your desired level of skill looks like, what you’re trying to achieve, and what you’ll be able to do when you’re done. The more specific, the better. Deconstruct the skill: Most of the things we think of as skills are actually bundles of smaller subskills. If you break down the subcompo­nents, it’s easier to figure out which ones are most important and practice those first. Eliminate barriers to practice: Removing common distractions and unnecessary effort makes it much easier to sit down and focus on deliberate practice. Create fast feedback loops: Getting accu­rate, real-time information about how well you’re performing during practice makes it much easier to improve. Whether you want to paint a portrait, launch a start-up, fly an airplane, or juggle flaming chain­saws, The First 20 Hours will help you pick up the basics of any skill in record time . . . and have more fun along the way.


Changing Direction

Changing Direction

Author: Sian Smith

Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781432926571

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How does pushing make something change direction? Read this book to find out about how things change direction. Books in this series introduce children to simple forces. Each book uses simple, repetitive text to teach children basic vocabulary, and includes stunning photographs that show how different forces are at work in the world around us. In Changing Direction, children learn that things can move in many directions and that pushing and pulling can make something change direction.