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Alexander Graham Bell for kids : his life & inventions, with 21 activities

Title
Alexander Graham Bell for kids : his life & inventions, with 21 activities / Mary Kay Carson.
Author
Carson, Mary Kay
Publication
  • Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2018]
  • ©2018

Details

Description
xi, 131 pages : illustrations; 22 x 28 cm
Summary
"Alexander Graham Bell invented not only the telephone, but also early versions of the phonograph, the metal detector, airplanes, and hydrofoil boats. This Scottish immigrant was also a pioneering speech teacher and a champion of educating those with hearing impairments, work he felt was his most important contribution to society. Bell worked with famous Americans such as Helen Keller and aviators Glenn Curtiss and Samuel P. Langley, and his inventions competed directly with those of Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers. This unique biography includes a time line, a list of online resources, and 21 engaging hands-on activities to better appreciate Bell's remarkable accomplishments. Kids will: construct a Pie Tin Telegraph and a Pizza Box Phonograph, "see" and "feel" sound by building simple devices, communicate using American Sign Language, send secret messages using Morse code, investigate the properties of ailerons on a paper airplane, build and fly a tetrahedral kite, and more!"--Back cover.
Alternative Title
Alexander Graham Bell for kids : his life and inventions, with 21 activities
Subject
  • Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922 > Juvenile literature
  • Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
  • Inventors > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
  • Telephone > United States > History > Juvenile literature
  • Deaf > Means of communication > Juvenile literature
  • Deaf > Means of communication
  • Inventors
  • Telephone
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / History of Science
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Inventions
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Biography.
  • History.
  • Juvenile works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-127) and index.
Audience (note)
  • Ages 9+.
Contents
A curious kid -- Giving voice to the deaf -- The Bell Patent Association -- "Mr. Watson-come here" -- On the road and on to new inventions -- Understanding for everyone -- Into the air, water, and history.
Call Number
JFF 19-971
ISBN
  • 9780912777139
  • 0912777133
LCCN
2017027641
OCLC
1003854781
Author
Carson, Mary Kay, author.
Title
Alexander Graham Bell for kids : his life & inventions, with 21 activities / Mary Kay Carson.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Audience
Ages 9+.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-127) and index.
Research Call Number
JFF 19-971
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