The Panama Canal

by Rebecca Stefoff

Overview

This title explores and explains how the Panama Canal was built. The canal's construction is described in terms of the engineering process. The book explores why the canal was built and describes the design stages and technologies used during construction. The book also describes the challenges builders faced while building the canal.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496650856
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	05/01/2019
Series:	Engineering Wonders Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	32 MB
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Age Range:	8 - 10 Years

About the Author

Rebecca Stefoff has published many books for young readers about science, technology, and engineering. For Marshall Cavendish/Benchmark's Great Inventions series (2006-2003), she wrote six titles, including The Telephone, Microscopes and Telescopes, and Robots. She introduced fifth-grade readers to the scientific method in the six-volume series Is It Science? (Cavendish Square, 2014), whichincludes,Astrology and Astronomy, Alchemy and Chemistry, and Magic and Medicine. Her six volume series Great Engineering, for second- and third-grade readers, is forthcoming from Cavendish Square and has books on building bridges, dams, skyscrapers, and more. Stefoffis especially happy to be writing about the building of the Panama Canal for the Engineering Wonders series because she has seen the canal firsthand. While celebrating her parents' fiftieth wedding anniversary on a cruise ship, she passed through the canal and witnessed the extraordinary engineering marvels that are its locks. She has been interested in the Panama Canal (and other canals) ever since.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Digging Across America 4

Chapter 2 Needed: A Shortcut for Ships 8

Chapter 3 How Do You Get a Ship Over a Mountain? 12

Chapter 4 Huge Tools for a Huge Task 18

Chapter 5 Beating Sickness and Blasting Rock 24

Glossary 30

Read More 31

Internet Sites 31

Critical Thinking Using the Common Core 31

Index 32

Interviews

Large, eye-catching, high-impact photos clearly demonstrate why each structure is considered an engineering wonder. Complex engineering term and descriptions are made easier to understand through the use of photos, infographics, and sidebars. Books also include fact boxes, callout definitions, a glossary, a Read More section, and Common Core questions.