The Future of Transportation: From Electric Cars to Jet Packs

by Alicia Z. Klepeis

Overview

Human transportation has come a long way since the invention of the wheel. Vehicles of all sorts have us speeding across land, through water, and in the skies. What might be next? From self-driving cars to jet packs, readers will discover exciting new ways they may get around in the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496666260
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2020
Series:	What the Future Holds
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction: Changes in Transportation 4

Chapter 1 What Is Just Ahead? 8

Chapter 2 What Does the Future Hold? 20

Chapter 3 What is Way Out There? 34

Timeline 44

Glossary 46

Read More 47

Internet Sites 47

Index 48

Interviews

Highlights the influence of engineering, technology, and science on society and the natural world, as called for in the Next Generation Science Standards; High-interest topic ties to Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) curriculum; Carefully leveled, high-interest text, to engage even the most reluctant readers