Don't forget the science databases on the LLH Library Homepage under the Gr 6+ Research Databases tab. www.library.mulgrave.com
MyReads Science June/2018
Science In Context showcases ProQuest’s STEM Database how scientific disciplines relate delivers a wide-ranging collection to real-world issues ranging from of more than 500 magazines and bacteria to obesity and weather. journals designed to support The collection includes millions of studies in science, tech, full-text articles that includes engineering and math subject national and global publications. areas. Including Wired, Scientific American, Psychology Today and Astronomy.
Selection of science magazines also available in the LLH, including: Magazine of Popular Make: is the voice science and of the Maker technology. Movement, empowering, inspiring, and connecting Makers worldwide to tinker and hack.
Mulgrave Library Learning Hub 2330 Cypress Lane west Vancouver, British Columbia V7S 3H9 604-922-3223 library.mulgrave.com The elements : a visual exploration of every Bomb : the race to build--and steal--the world's known atom in the universe most dangerous weapon by Theodore W. Gray by Steve Sheinkin The elements are what we - and everything around us - are made A dramatic introduction to the international competition to create of. But how many elements have you seen in their pure, raw, the first atomic bomb ecountsr the scientific discoveries that uncombined form? This book presents photographic representations of the 118 enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations that elements in the period table, along with facts, figures and stories about each occurred in rival countries and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los one. OverDrive eBook also available. Alamos.
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks National Geographic science of everything : by Rebecca Skloot how things work in our world from cell phones, Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an soap bubbles & vaccines to GPS, x-rays & unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell submarines line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization and gene by National Geographic Society (U.S.) mapping. OverDrive eBook also available. Providing colorful photography, instructive diagrams and everyday examples, this exciting resource reveals the science Hubble's universe : greatest discoveries and behind virtually everything and is divided into four sections - Mechanics, Natural Forces, Materials and Chemistry, and Biology and Medicine. latest images by Terrence Dickinson An astronaut's guide to life on Earth : What Presents an overview of the Hubble Space Telescope, describing Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, its initial launch in 1990 and impact on our understanding of the universe, along with some of its latest images of galaxies, stars, planets, and Determination, and Being Prepared for nebulas. Anything by Chris Hadfield What if? : serious scientific answers to absurd The author charts the course of his career as an astronaut, hypothetical questions detailing how he overcame slim odds on account of his by Randall Munroe Canadian nationality to become one of NASA's most decorated astronauts while offering an intimate look at life in space. OverDrive eBook The creator of the incredibly popular webcomic xkcd presents available. his heavily researched answers to his fans' oddest questions, including “What if I took a swim in a spent-nuclear-fuel pool?” and “Could you build a jetpack using downward-firing machine Hidden figures : the American dream and the gunss". OverDrive eBook also available. untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race Packing for Mars : the curious science of life in by Margot Lee Shetterly the void An account of the previously unheralded but pivotal contributions by Mary Roach of NASA's African-American women mathematicians to the space The author of Stiff and Bonk describes the weirdness of space program describes how they were segregated from their white exploration and answers questions about the long-term effects of counterparts by Jim Crow laws in spite of their groundbreaking successes, in a zero gravity on the human body and what happens if you vomit in best-selling account that inspired the movie. your helmet during a space walk. OverDrive eBook available.