Author: Kari Cornell
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN: 1467795291
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"As a child, Danielle Lee loved looking at plants and animals. Learn how Lee's love of biology and rap and hip-hop music led her to become an urban scientist, teacher, and popular blogger."--
Urban Biologist Danielle Lee
Author: Kari Cornell
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN: 1467795291
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"As a child, Danielle Lee loved looking at plants and animals. Learn how Lee's love of biology and rap and hip-hop music led her to become an urban scientist, teacher, and popular blogger."--
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN: 1467795291
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"As a child, Danielle Lee loved looking at plants and animals. Learn how Lee's love of biology and rap and hip-hop music led her to become an urban scientist, teacher, and popular blogger."--
Urban Biologist Danielle Lee
Author: Kari Cornell
Publisher: Lerner Classroom
ISBN: 1467797197
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"As a child, Danielle Lee loved looking at plants and animals. Learn how Lee's love of biology and rap and hip-hop music led her to become an urban scientist, teacher, and popular blogger."--
Publisher: Lerner Classroom
ISBN: 1467797197
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"As a child, Danielle Lee loved looking at plants and animals. Learn how Lee's love of biology and rap and hip-hop music led her to become an urban scientist, teacher, and popular blogger."--
Urban Biologist, Danielle Lee
Author: Kari A. Cornell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781338158939
Category : African American scientists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Learn how African American Danielle Lee's love of plants, animals, and rap music led her to become an urban scientist, teacher, and popular blogger. Includes timeline and glossary.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781338158939
Category : African American scientists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Learn how African American Danielle Lee's love of plants, animals, and rap music led her to become an urban scientist, teacher, and popular blogger. Includes timeline and glossary.
Environmental Activist Wangari Maathai
Author: Jennifer Swanson
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN: 151249982X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai started the Green Belt Movement, which educated women in villages in Kenya and paid them for every tree they planted. The program helped plant millions of trees and brought money to the villages.
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN: 151249982X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai started the Green Belt Movement, which educated women in villages in Kenya and paid them for every tree they planted. The program helped plant millions of trees and brought money to the villages.
Animal Scientist and Activist Jane Goodall
Author: Douglas Hustad
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 1512410918
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Do you enjoy visiting animals at the zoo or playing with pets? As a child, Jane Goodall loved watching and interacting with animals. As an adult, she became a scientist working with chimpanzees in Africa. Goodall used unconventional research methods to observe chimpanzees in East Africa. She studied the chimpanzees' behavior and revealed their tool-making abilities. As Goodall grew older, she turned her attention to raising awareness about endangered species and inspiring individuals around the globe to take action. She is one of the world's best-known scientists and activists. But how did she get there? Find out how Goodall's passion for animals helped her become the face of conservationism.
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 1512410918
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Do you enjoy visiting animals at the zoo or playing with pets? As a child, Jane Goodall loved watching and interacting with animals. As an adult, she became a scientist working with chimpanzees in Africa. Goodall used unconventional research methods to observe chimpanzees in East Africa. She studied the chimpanzees' behavior and revealed their tool-making abilities. As Goodall grew older, she turned her attention to raising awareness about endangered species and inspiring individuals around the globe to take action. She is one of the world's best-known scientists and activists. But how did she get there? Find out how Goodall's passion for animals helped her become the face of conservationism.
Space Engineer and Scientist Margaret Hamilton
Author: Domenica Di Piazza
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
ISBN: 151247410X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Have you ever watched video of astronauts walking on the moon? Margaret Hamilton programmed software that helped get them there. As a girl, Hamilton loved math and science. She grew up during a time when very few women studied computer science, but Hamilton knew she wanted to write code. As an adult, she worked on NASA's Apollo program, creating computer programs to guide spacecraft to and from the moon. This included the 1969 Apollo 11 mission—the first spaceflight that landed humans on the moon. In 2016, Hamilton was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work. Learn how Hamilton's passion for math and computers played a key role in space exploration.
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
ISBN: 151247410X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Have you ever watched video of astronauts walking on the moon? Margaret Hamilton programmed software that helped get them there. As a girl, Hamilton loved math and science. She grew up during a time when very few women studied computer science, but Hamilton knew she wanted to write code. As an adult, she worked on NASA's Apollo program, creating computer programs to guide spacecraft to and from the moon. This included the 1969 Apollo 11 mission—the first spaceflight that landed humans on the moon. In 2016, Hamilton was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work. Learn how Hamilton's passion for math and computers played a key role in space exploration.
Computer Scientist Jean Bartik
Author: Jennifer Reed
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 1512410926
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Do you love solving problems with mathematics? So did groundbreaking computer programmer Jean Bartik. She turned her passion for math into a successful career in what was then a brand-new field. During World War II, women took on more technology jobs as men joined the armed forces. Bartik started her career doing mathematical calculations for top-secret weapons systems projects. After the war, a new machine took over these calculations. It was the first all-electronic computer, and Bartik helped build and program it. But how did Bartik's interest in mathematics take her to the forefront of cutting-edge technology? Find out how she went from gifted student to software pioneer.
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 1512410926
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Do you love solving problems with mathematics? So did groundbreaking computer programmer Jean Bartik. She turned her passion for math into a successful career in what was then a brand-new field. During World War II, women took on more technology jobs as men joined the armed forces. Bartik started her career doing mathematical calculations for top-secret weapons systems projects. After the war, a new machine took over these calculations. It was the first all-electronic computer, and Bartik helped build and program it. But how did Bartik's interest in mathematics take her to the forefront of cutting-edge technology? Find out how she went from gifted student to software pioneer.
Mathematician and Computer Scientist Grace Hopper
Author: Andrea Pelleschi
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN: 1512407852
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"Have you ever wondered where the term debugging comes from? Learn about Grace Hopper, a computer scientist and U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, known for her contributions to the early development of computer programming."--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN: 1512407852
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"Have you ever wondered where the term debugging comes from? Learn about Grace Hopper, a computer scientist and U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, known for her contributions to the early development of computer programming."--Provided by publisher.
Science Educator and Advocate Bill Nye
Author: Heather E. Schwartz
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
ISBN: 1541522729
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Do you think science is fun and exciting? Bill Nye does. In fact, he wanted to become an astronaut, but NASA rejected his applications. Instead, Nye has spent his career helping other people understand science and showing them how cool science can be. Nye went to college to become a mechanical engineer, and he got a job working for an aircraft company. But soon, he began focusing more and more on a career in comedy. Eventually, he got his own popular TV show, called Bill Nye the Science Guy. Through songs, skits, and jokes, Nye taught a generation of young people that science is fascinating and important. Learn more about Nye's career as a comedian, TV personality, and passionate science educator.
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
ISBN: 1541522729
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Do you think science is fun and exciting? Bill Nye does. In fact, he wanted to become an astronaut, but NASA rejected his applications. Instead, Nye has spent his career helping other people understand science and showing them how cool science can be. Nye went to college to become a mechanical engineer, and he got a job working for an aircraft company. But soon, he began focusing more and more on a career in comedy. Eventually, he got his own popular TV show, called Bill Nye the Science Guy. Through songs, skits, and jokes, Nye taught a generation of young people that science is fascinating and important. Learn more about Nye's career as a comedian, TV personality, and passionate science educator.
Astronaut Ellen Ochoa
Author: Heather E. Schwartz
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN: 1512434493
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"This inspiring, STEM-focused biography describes the life and influential work of Ellen Ochoa, the first female Hispanic astronaut to go to space."--
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN: 1512434493
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"This inspiring, STEM-focused biography describes the life and influential work of Ellen Ochoa, the first female Hispanic astronaut to go to space."--