Smithsonian Informational Text: Pushing the Limits Grades 3-5: 9-Book Set

This 9-Book Set features hands-on STEAM challenges, uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems, makes STEAM career connections, and highlights all aspects of STEAM.

Were the Wright brothers successful at their first attempt to create a flying machine? How have modern technologies like 3D printing changed prosthetic devices for the better? Students will find the answers to these questions and many more with this STEAM book set devoted to pushing limits! Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this set builds students'' reading skills while engaging their curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features hands-on STEAM challenges that are perfect for makerspace activities and that guide students through every step of the engineering design process. It makes STEAM career connections by offering career advice from real-life Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields. Each book in this set touches on all aspects of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math! Take a virtual tour of the Smithsonian with this set that includes these titles: Underwater Training; Botanical Illustration; The Wright Brothers; Rebuilding the Body; Making Movies in Technicolor; Selling More Snacks; Living and Working in Space; Making Music with Magnets; Color-Changing Cephalopods.