Bibliograph

Break down, explosions, implosions, crashes, crunches, cracks, and more...a how things work look at how things don't, Mara Grunbaum

Type

Label

Break down, explosions, implosions, crashes, crunches, cracks, and more...a how things work look at how things don't, Mara Grunbaum

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-200), filmography (page 201), glossary and index

Illustrations

photographsillustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

Ages 8-12, National GeographicGrades 4-6, National Geographic

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Break down

Nature of contents

bibliographyfilmographiesdictionaries

Responsibility statement

Mara Grunbaum

Series statement

National Geographic kids

Sub title

explosions, implosions, crashes, crunches, cracks, and more...a how things work look at how things don't

Summary

"In this book, kids will learn the fascinating ways that things work by learning how they come apart"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Another one bites the dust -- Out with a bang: Building demolition -- We've got a job to do: Demolition engineer -- Crushing it: Car crushers -- Timber!: Taking down giant trees -- Smash it up: Wrecking balls -- Lesson learned!: Demolition disaster -- Look out below: Breaking bridges -- Try this!: Da Vinci Bridge: make a bridge out of craft sticks -- Built to break -- Crash compactor: Safe car design -- We've got a job to do: Crash-test Engineer -- Shock absorber: Electrical fuses -- Big bangs: Exploding fireworks -- Lesson learned!: Fireworks fail -- Head protector: Helmet technology -- Burn, baby, burn: Self-destructing spacecraft -- Try this!: Snack smasher: build a package to protect a precious treat -- Famous failures -- The Titanic: Iceberg encounter -- Sticky situation: The Great Molasses Flood -- We've got a job to do: Forensic engineer -- Up in flames: the Hindenburg -- Lesson learned!: Buckling Bridge -- Tippy tower: The Leaning Tower of Pisa -- Sinking stadium: The Minneapolis Metrodome -- Not-so-great Pyramids: Failed wonders of the world -- Try this!: Incredible edible edifice: Build a strong tower-then watch it fall -- Destructive by nature -- Swallowed up: Sinkholes -- Shake it up: Earthquakes -- Lesson learned!: One big quake -- Gone to rot: How things decompose -- Avalaaaaanche!: Fast-moving snow slides -- We've got a job to do: Storm chaser -- Plague of pests: Locusts -- Try this! Apple mummies: keep apples from decomposing -- Everyday chaos -- The big burst: Popping balloons -- Screen saver: Shattering smartphones -- We've got a job to do: Skateboard smasher -- Say "Aaaaah!": Tooth decay -- Super skeleton: Broken bones -- Metal destroyer: Rust -- All backed up: Clogged toilets -- Lesson learned!: The great stink -- Try this! A bit rusty: discover how to make rust-and stop it from forming in the first place

Target audience

juvenile

Classification