
Engineering: Cool Women Who Design
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++: Highly Recommended
“Engineering: Cool Women Who Design presents engineering as a varied and inspiring career path for women towards children. The book features wonderful examples of different women in engineering who are solving problems by creating lighting solutions for disasters, improving surgical devices, and utilizing lasers for broader applications. The book starts with an introduction to the history of engineering. Then it has three chapters that feature a particular woman's early life, work, and challenges in engineering. There was LGBTQ representation and senior representation among the women featured in each chapter. Every chapter also had excerpts that summarize additional women's impacts on their respective engineering disciplines. Within the excerpts, there was representation of women with disabilities and women of color. All of the scientific and engineering work described in the book was accurate and succinct, including household items for easy connection to the daily life of the reader. The book also features many links and resources for young women to further explore the possibilities engineering offers. Finally, this book is very well-written, organized, and researched. It has a glossary to allow readers to find primary sources. It engages readers by using colorful images and cartoons effectively. This is a wonderful book to introduce girls to engineering!”
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Detailed Book Description
In Engineering: Cool Women Who Design, readers ages 9 through 12 discover how the science of engineering connects to their own lives. In addition to an in-depth study of the field, kids read about three women who are working as engineers and designing the products that make up our world.
- Introduces readers to real women who are making strides in the field of engineering, making career goals feel obtainable.
- Encourages readers to think about the mechanisms behind the user interfaces they encounter on a daily basis.
Hardcover, $19.95 9781619303416 |
Paperback, $9.95 9781619303454 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Making the World a Better Place
Chapter 1
A History of Engineering
Chapter 2
Amy Kerdok
Chapter 3
Anna Stork
Chapter 4
Elsa Garmire
Timeline
Essential Questions
Glossary
Resources
Index