Children's Nonfiction Railroads & Trains
Ultimate Trains
- Publisher
- Kids Can Press
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2010
- Category
- Railroads & Trains, General, Inventions
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 7
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781554533664
- Publish Date
- Aug 2010
- List Price
- $18.95
Classroom Resources
Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
Today's trains are sleeker, greener and faster than ever before. Tomorrow's trains could travel through space at 23 times the speed of sound --- nearly 30 000 km/h (19 000 m.p.h.)! But did you know that train technology goes back 5 000 years?
All aboard Ultimate Trains, which takes readers on a trip through the evolution of train technology, bringing to life the trains of yesterday, today and tomorrow. Five “Build It Yourself” experiments --- simple enough to create at home --- put train technology into action. Readers can learn how to build a steam engine from a soda pop can, test an electromagnetic track and go online to construct their own magnetic levitation train.
About the authors
Peter McMahon is an online science journalist who has written for the Toronto Star, CTV and Science.ca. Peter also runs a consulting company that offers training and planning for children's science programming. He is the author of Ultimate Trains. Peter lives in Port Hope, Ontario.
Andy Mora specializes in technical and scientific illustration and also works in advertising and design. He is the illustrator of Ultimate Trains. Andy lives in Cookstown, Ontario.
Awards
- Short-listed, Lane Anderson Book Award, Fitzhenry Family Foundation
