Dirt Machines

Dirt Machines
Author: M. David
Publisher:
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2021-08-12
Genre:
ISBN:

Dive into the noisy, dirt-filled world of construction vehicles! Learn the names of these fascinating earthmovers and the amazing things they can do. Packed with fun rhymes, exciting photographs, diagrams, and facts, kids will love reading and learning about these engineering marvels. Steam Bookworks introduces young readers to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education topics while supporting literacy development in a visually exciting, fun, and engaging way. This series for ages 5 and up presents STEM subjects of high interest to children, while using effective teaching methods to build vocabulary, encourage reading success, and spark a child's critical thinking skills and creativity. It also offers parents with an inquisitive child who asks, "What's that?" the ability to satisfy their child's natural curiosity and sense of wonder with an authoritative answer. Features: * Rhymes and wordplay * Colorful layouts * Dynamic photos * Diagrams and callouts * A visual glossary * A text glossary * Suggested activities for parents and teachers on how to use this book Be sure to check out these other STEM science books for kids by STEAM BOOKWORKS: Tractors and Farm Machinery Apex Predators: Top Animal Hunters (Sharks, Killer Whales, Komodo Dragons, and more!)

Dirt

Dirt
Author: David R. Montgomery
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2007-05-14
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0520933168

Dirt, soil, call it what you want—it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations explores the compelling idea that we are—and have long been—using up Earth's soil. Once bare of protective vegetation and exposed to wind and rain, cultivated soils erode bit by bit, slowly enough to be ignored in a single lifetime but fast enough over centuries to limit the lifespan of civilizations. A rich mix of history, archaeology and geology, Dirt traces the role of soil use and abuse in the history of Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, China, European colonialism, Central America, and the American push westward. We see how soil has shaped us and we have shaped soil—as society after society has risen, prospered, and plowed through a natural endowment of fertile dirt. David R. Montgomery sees in the recent rise of organic and no-till farming the hope for a new agricultural revolution that might help us avoid the fate of previous civilizations.

Machinery

Machinery
Author: Lester Gray French
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1160
Release: 1917
Genre: Machine-tools
ISBN:

Public Works

Public Works
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 470
Release: 1922
Genre: Municipal engineering
ISBN:

Driver

Driver
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1977
Genre: Automobile drivers
ISBN:

Machinery

Machinery
Author: Fred Herbert Colvin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1114
Release: 1909
Genre: Mechanical engineering
ISBN:

Construction Machines

Construction Machines
Author: Chris Oxlade
Publisher: Firefly Books
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2018-11-20
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780228101116

"This book introduces Big Construction Machines by looking at the different places they are used and different purposes they are used for. These include: At the quarry, making a road and building skyscrapers. Some of the big construction machines in the book are a bulldozer, a road roller, a roadheader and a concrete breaker."--

My Big Book of Trucks and Diggers

My Big Book of Trucks and Diggers
Author: Caterpillar
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 23
Release: 2011-03-25
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1452106851

Bulldozers! Excavators! Dump trucks! All of the very biggest trucks are in here! This book offers an up-close look at ten amazing machines that dig, scoop, lift, and more. Toddlers will also learn the words for all of the very important parts that help the big trucks and diggers go.