| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 147 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 28 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-144) and index. |
| Contents |
Note to readers -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Time line -- 1: Off To A Quick Start: Thomas Alva Edison's Boyhood -- Make the steam-powered boat -- Make an electrically charged puppet dance -- 2: Time To Get Moving: Al Hits The Rails -- Test solutions in your own chemistry lab -- Make an electric telegraph machine -- 3: Wandering And Working: On The Way To Invention -- Switch on an electric current to move a magnetic field -- 4: Getting Down To Business: Inventing Becomes A Career -- Make copies with a stencil -- Invent something! -- Make music with a needle -- 5: Lights On!: Developing An Electric Lighting System -- Build an electrical circuit to test materials: insulator or conductor? -- 6: New Life: Home, Family, And Moving Pictures -- Parcheesi -- Make a thaumatrope -- Make a flip book -- Make a zoetrope -- 7: Always Thinking: Edison Tries New Fields -- Make a magnetic separator -- Make and electromagnet -- Plaster of Paris hand cast -- 8: Successes And Setbacks: A Long Career As An Inventor -- Make your own battery tester -- Take Edison's test -- 9: Plants, Friendship, And Rubber: Edison's Final Years -- Test a dandelion for latex -- Heat test a rubber band -- Homemade funny putty -- Resources -- Thomas Edison's major inventions -- Supply sources -- Places to visit -- Web sites to explore -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
From the Publisher: Thomas Edison, one of the world's greatest inventors, is introduced in this fascinating activity book. Children will learn how Edison ushered in an astounding age of invention with his unique way of looking at things and refusal to be satisfied with only one solution to a problem. This book helps inspire kids to be inventors and scientists, as well as persevere with their own ideas. Activities allow children to try Edison's experiments themselves, with activities such as making a puppet dance using static electricity, manufacturing a switch for electric current, constructing a telegraph machine, manipulating sound waves, building an electrical circuit to test for conductors and insulators, making a zoetrope, and testing a dandelion for latex. In addition to his inventions and experiments, the book explores Edison's life outside of science, including his relationship with inventor Nikola Tesla, his rivalry with George Westinghouse, and his friendship with Henry Ford. A time line, glossary, and lists of supply sources, places to visit, and websites for further exploration complement this activity book. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.2 8.0 105017. |
| Subject |
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 -- Juvenile literature.
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Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Science -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature.
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Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.
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Inventors.
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Science -- Experiments.
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Experiments.
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| ISBN |
1556525842 paperback |
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9781556525841 paperback |
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1415659583 BWI |
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9781415659588 BWI |
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