What Is a Circuit? (Electrified!) - Softcover

Weingarten, Ethan

 
9781433984150: What Is a Circuit? (Electrified!)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1433984156 ISBN 13: 9781433984150
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Pub Learning library, 2013

Synopsis

Presents information about how electric circuits work, different kinds of circuits, and how the current in circuits is controlled.

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From School Library Journal

Gr 2-3-Shocking in topic if not treatment, these serviceable introductions explain how electricity is generated, stored, and transported. Staid color photos of wires, circuit boards, and, occasionally, children using games or other electronic gear are combined with simply phrased but equally dry texts. "Power Fact!" text boxes (usually one per spread), reproductions, and diagrams are also included. The level of detail is high enough to contain, for instance, clear definitions of "anode," "cathode," and "electrolyte" in Battery, and (aside from a photo in the same volume that mislabels a rechargeable battery as an alkaline one), the information is accurately presented. Though there are no project ideas or research questions, the resources in each volume's back matter are audience appropriate. Future is a useful broad survey of alternate energy sources, and Pioneers offers a good historical overview of our evolving understanding of just what electricity is and does. α(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub Learning library
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1433984156
ISBN 13 
9781433984150
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
24