{"id":223,"date":"2005-08-01T20:38:10","date_gmt":"2005-08-01T20:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eclectic-bibliophile.com\/blog\/?p=223"},"modified":"2010-05-08T20:38:51","modified_gmt":"2010-05-08T20:38:51","slug":"resourcefulness-inventions-unit-study-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eclectic-bibliophile.com\/blog\/resourcefulness-inventions-unit-study-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Resourcefulness \/ Inventions Unit Study, part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

We began our new school year this morning. This semester we’re participating in a KONOS co-op with three other families. We’ll be studying the unit on resourcefulness and inventions (not including the frontier life segment). <\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve been collecting books on this subject for quite a while, since my 10yo Andrew is very interested in science.\u00a0 I ordered a few new books specifically for this unit, but most of these were already in our home library, thanks to library sales, yard sales, and Amazon Marketplace<\/span><\/a>\"\". As I worked on lesson plans this weekend, I kept thinking of more and more books already on our shelves!\u00a0 The boys probably won’t read all of these, but these are the books I’ve gathered so far (not including assorted books on trains, cars, etc.).<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have favorite books on this subject that I haven’t listed here, please tell me about them!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mary Jo<\/strong><\/p>\n

INVENTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Inventors, Inventions, & Entrepreneurs<\/em> by Pat Wesolowski<\/p>\n

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The Story of Inventions<\/em> by Michael J. McHugh and Frank P. Bachman<\/p>\n

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Men of Science and Invention<\/em> by Michael Blow (American Heritage Junior Library)<\/p>\n

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Scientists Behind the Inventors<\/em> by Roger Burlingame<\/p>\n

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All About Famous Inventors and Their Inventions<\/em> by Fletcher Pratt<\/p>\n

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Breakthroughs in Science<\/em> by Isaac Asimov<\/p>\n

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How To Be an Inventor<\/em> by Harvey Weiss<\/p>\n

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Invention (Eyewitness)<\/span><\/a>\"\"<\/span><\/em> by Lionel Bender<\/p>\n

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Invention Book<\/em> by Steven Caney<\/p>\n

Great Inventors and Inventions<\/em> (Dover coloring book)<\/p>\n

Writing Trails with Men of Science<\/em> by Laurie Barrie<\/p>\n

MACHINES<\/p>\n

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Machines and How They Work<\/em> by Harvey Weiss<\/p>\n

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Simple Machines and How We Use Them<\/em> by Tillie S. Pine and Joseph Levine<\/p>\n

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Force and Motion<\/em> (Eyewitness) by Peter Lafferty<\/p>\n

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The Art of the Catapult<\/span><\/a>\"\"<\/span><\/em> <\/span>by William Gurstelle<\/p>\n

Wheels: A Pictorial History<\/em> by Edwin Tunis<\/p>\n

The Wheel and How It Changed the World<\/em> by Ian Locke<\/p>\n

The Secret Life of Hardware<\/em> by Vicki Cobb<\/p>\n

ENERGY<\/p>\n

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Energy Makes Things Happen<\/em> by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley<\/p>\n

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Energy<\/em> (Eyewitness) by Jack Challoner<\/p>\n

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Light<\/em> (Eyewitness) by David Burnie<\/p>\n

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Solar Energy<\/em> by Franklyn M. Branley<\/p>\n

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The Story of Atomic Energy<\/em> by Laura Fermi<\/p>\n

ELECTRICITY<\/p>\n

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Electricity<\/em> (TOPS) by Ron Marson<\/p>\n

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Electricity<\/em> (Eyewitness) by Steve Parker<\/p>\n

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Electricity from Faraday to Solar Generators<\/em> by Martin J. Gutnik<\/p>\n

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Switch On, Switch Off<\/em> by Melvin Berger<\/p>\n

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What Makes a Light Go On?<\/em> by Scott Corbett<\/p>\n

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The Light Bulb<\/em> by Shaaron Cosner<\/p>\n

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Electronics<\/em> (Eyewitness) by Roger Bridgman<\/p>\n

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MAGNETISM<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Magnetism<\/em> (TOPS) by Ron Marson<\/p>\n

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What Makes a Magnet?<\/em> By Franklyn M. Branley<\/p>\n

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The Compass<\/em> by Paula Z. Hogan<\/p>\n

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION<\/p>\n

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Industrial Revolution<\/em> (Living History) by John Clare<\/p>\n

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The Industrial Revolution<\/em> (See-Through History) by Andrew Langley<\/p>\n

TECHNOLOGY<\/p>\n

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The New Way Things Work<\/span><\/a>\"\"<\/span><\/em> by David Macaulay<\/p>\n

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How Things Work<\/span><\/a>\"\"<\/span><\/em> (Reader\u2019s Digest) by Neil Ardley<\/p>\n

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Visual Factfinder: Science and Technology<\/em> by Brian Williams<\/p>\n

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I Wonder Why Zippers Have Teeth and Other Questions about Inventions<\/em> by Barbara Taylor<\/p>\n

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Technology<\/em> (Eyewitness) by Roger Bridgman<\/p>\n

How Did We Find Out about Computers?<\/em> by Isaac Asimov<\/p>\n

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Internal Combustion Engines<\/em> by Ross Olney<\/p>\n

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Motors and Engines and How They Work<\/em> by Harvey Weiss<\/p>\n

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Engines<\/em> by Jerome S. Mayer<\/p>\n

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Windmills, Bridges, & Old Machines: Discovering Our Industrial Past<\/em> by David Weitzman<\/p>\n

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The Story of Tools: How They Built Our World and Shaped Man\u2019s Life<\/em> by James Poling<\/p>\n

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Seven Wonders of the Modern World<\/em> by George Sullivan<\/p>\n

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Flying Machine<\/em> (Eyewitness) by Andrew Nahum<\/p>\n

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The Visual Dictionary of Everyday Things<\/em><\/p>\n

FICTION<\/p>\n

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The Swiss Family Robinson<\/em> by Johann David Wyss<\/p>\n

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Hard Times<\/em> by Charles Dickens<\/p>\n

(and Charles Dickens: The Man Who Had Great Expectations<\/em> by Diane Stanley & Peter Vennema)<\/p>\n

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My Side of the Mountain<\/em> by Jean Craighead George<\/p>\n

The Great Brain<\/em> by John D. Fitzgerald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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