Author: Vanessa Black
Publisher: Pogo
ISBN: 9781620317020
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24

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Describes the roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, New Jersey.

Author: Meish Goldish
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 1597169560
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Describes different types of roller coasters, their history, and their construction.

Author: Denny Von Finn
Publisher: Bellwether Media
ISBN: 1612114539
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26

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Roller coasters offer riders high speeds and thrilling drops! The fastest roller coasters can reach speeds over 100 miles per hour! Eager students will plunge into learning about how roller coasters offer fast, sky-high thrills.

Author: Rebecca Pettiford
Publisher: Amazing Structures
ISBN: 9781620312155
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In Roller Coasters, early fluent readers will learn how roller coasters are engineered to keep thrill seekers safe while giving them an exciting ride. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they explore the built world around them. An infographic illustrates the physics principles that make roller coasters work, and an activity offers kids an opportunity to extend discovery. Children can learn more about roller coasters using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Roller Coasters also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index. Roller Coasters is part of Jump!'s Amazing Structures series.

Author: Karen Latchana Kenney
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1680771221
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35

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In this engaging title, young readers learn about different forms of energy! Different forms of energy such a potential and kinetic are explained, as are gravity, acceleration, velocity, g-forces, and centripetal force. These properties are illustrated by the design and operation of roller coasters. Colorful infographics make joules and shifting energy easily accessible, and prominent contributors such as LaMarcus Thompson are featured. A fun experiment with potential and kinetic energy brings the science of energy to life! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author: Robert Coker
Publisher: Metro Books
ISBN: 9781586631727
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Recounts the history of roller coasters, and describes classic examples, from wooden rides to steel devices to enormous machines with drops of more than two or three hundred feet, and speculates about future developments.

Author: Harry Applegate
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439656134
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Six Flags Great Adventure has been the premier destination for family fun in the Northeast for over 40 years. Created by Hollywood scion Warner LeRoy, the park’s mission from the very start was to be the biggest and best theme park with record-breaking thrills, spectacular shows, and unique experiences that could only be found at Great Adventure. As a part of the Six Flags family of theme parks, Great Adventure combines the world’s largest safari park outside of Africa, a world-class theme park, and one of the biggest and best water parks in the United States to create an experience like no other.

Author: Karen Latchana Kenney
Publisher: Sequence Amazing Structures
ISBN: 9781681514307
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A kindergarten-level introduction to mice, covering their growth process, behaviors, the backyard habitats they call home, and such defining features as their hairless tails.

Author: Grace Hansen
Publisher: Abdo Kids Jumbo is
ISBN: 9781532108044
Category : Amusement rides
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This title explains the history of roller coasters and the exciting and stomach-churning rides they are today. Readers will learn that roller coaster history began in Russia with giant ice slides called "Russian mountains." Today coasters feature extreme speeds, twists, flips, and 100-foot drops. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.

Author: Meish Goldish
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 1617723037
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Identifies the most spectacular skyscrapers in the world and explains their incredible features through size comparisons and photos.