Bibliograph

Teen innovators, nine young people engineering a better world with creative inventions, Fred Estes ; [illustrated by] Kavel Rafferty

Type

Label

Teen innovators, nine young people engineering a better world with creative inventions, Fred Estes ; [illustrated by] Kavel Rafferty

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

990, Lexile

resource.interestGradeLevel

56789, Childrens Plus, Inc

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Teen innovators

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Fred Estes ; [illustrated by] Kavel Rafferty

Sub title

nine young people engineering a better world with creative inventions

Summary

Teen Innovators tells the stories of discovery and the inventions of nine young students. For example, twelve-year-old Gitanjali Rao, appalled by the tragedy in Flint, Michigan, found a cheaper, more effective way to test for lead in drinking water. Four undocumented teenagers from an underfunded high school in Phoenix built an underwater robot from spare and found parts. Substituting hard work and creative thinking for money and expensive equipment, they won a national robotics competition, beating a well-funded team from MIT. At fifteen, William Kamkwamba used materials from junkyards near his home in Malawai to build a windmill to generate electricity and pump water for his village. While each profile tells a different story, the reader soon sees the common threads of determination and ingenuity. Stories include: Jack Andraka: improved pancreatic cancer test Gitanjali Rao: device to detect lead in drinking water William Kamkwamba: improvised electrical generator using windmill in Malawi Austen Veseliza: digital display glove to aid people with speech impairment Deepika Kurup: easier, cheaper method to remove toxins from drinking water Cristian Arcega, Lorenzo Santillan, Oscar Vasquez, Luis Aranda: underwater robot Science educator and professor Fred Estes explores the motivation, challenges, and lives of these teen scientists and explains the science behind each invention simply and clearly. Readers will see how the science they study today in school relates to these important discoveries

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Welcome and Overview of the book -- Jack Andraka: improved pancreatic cancer test -- Gitanjali Rao: device to detect lead in drinking water -- William Kamkwamba: improvised electrical generator using windmill in Malawi -- Austen Veseliza: digital display glove to aid people with speech impairment -- Taylor Wilson: nuclear fusion reactor -- Deepika Kurup: easier, cheaper method to remove toxins from drinking water -- Cristian Arcega, Lorenzo Santillan, Oscar Vasquez, Luis Aranda: underwater robot -- Conclusion: common themes and insights on the creative process of these young inventors

Target audience

juvenile

Classification