Electric Vehicles

Lesley Ward

Description

Learn why electric vehicles are enticing drivers to "dump the pump" and how they have evolved over time! With a hands-on STEAM activity, this book uses real-world examples to teach how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.

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• Publié par: Teacher Created Materials
• Date de parution: 01 octobre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780743921695
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Library of Congress Ca taloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Ward , Lesley , author .
Title: Electric vehicles / Lesley Ward.
Description: Huntington Beach, CA : T eacher Created Materials, [2019] |
Includes index. | Audience: Grade 4 to 6. |
Identifiers: L CCN 2018005461 (print) | L CCN 2018026652 (ebook) | ISBN
9781493869428 (E-book) | ISBN 9781493867028 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Electric vehicles-- Juvenile literature.
Classification: L CC TL220 (ebook) | L CC TL220 .W368 2019 (print) | DDC
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T a b l e of C o n te n t s
Dump t he Pump ! ................................................. 4
e Histo r y of EV s .............................................. 8
EV s and the En v i ro nmen t ................................ 1 2
M odern EV s.........................................................1 6
Plu g g i n g I n
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The Future  of EV s ..............................................  26
STEA M Cha lleng e ............................................. 28
Glossa r y .............................................................. 30
In de x .................................................................... 3 1
Care er A dvic e .................................................... 3 2