Break Down: Explosions, Implosions, Crashes, Crunches, Cracks, and More ... a How Things Work Look at How Things Don't
Break Down: Explosions, Implosions, Crashes, Crunches, Cracks, and More ... a How Things Work Look at How Things Don't
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Break Down: Explosions, Implosions, Crashes, Crunches, Cracks, and More ... a How Things Work Look at How Things Don't

Written by Mara Grunbaum
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8 - 12
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208
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Aug 23, 2022
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Boom! Crash! Crumble! A wrecking ball smashes into the side of a building, sending pieces flying. It’s an awe-inspiring sight. It’s also science! This book explores how things break down, crack, explode, crumple, and shatter. This fun, unique take on a how-things-work book explores the world through the lens of what it takes for things to, well, not work. In these vibrantly illustrated pages, you’ll peer through the smoke and rubble of controlled demolitions to discover the properties of building materials. Then get a glimpse of the inner workings of a cracked cell phone screen, peek carefully at mega-avalanches and sinkholes, and hold on tight as wrecking balls swing and car crushers crunch metal. Buckle up with crash-test dummies and travel back in time to explore the world’s most famous failures (looking at you, Leaning Tower of Pisa). Featuring hands-on activities that walk kids through their own experiments in destruction, Break Down! will change the way you look at the world. Topics include: Demolition and controlled destruction Things that are built to break History’s famous failures Natural disasters* And more! Complete the collection with these other National Geographic Kids Titles: How Things WorkHow Things Work: Inside OutHow Things Work: Then and Now Check out the How Things Work video series on the National Geographic Kids YouTube channel.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781426373053
    Publication Date
    August 23, 2022
    Publisher
    National Geographic Kids
    Page Count
    208
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    8 - 12 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2021019635

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