Alexander Graham Bell for kids : his life and inventions with 21 activities / Mary Kay Carson.
Carson, Mary Kay, author.
2018
TK6143.B4 C3695 2018 (Mapit)
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Title Alexander Graham Bell for kids : his life and inventions with 21 activities / Mary Kay Carson.
Author Carson, Mary Kay, author.
ISBN 9780912777139 (paperback)
0912777133 (paperback)
9780912777153 (electronic book)
Published Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2018]
Language English
Description xi, 131 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
Call Number TK6143.B4 C3695 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification 621.385092 B
Summary Alexander Graham Bell invented not only the telephone, but also early versions of the phonograph, the metal detector, airplanes, and hydrofoil boats. This Scottish immigrant was also a pioneering speech teacher and a champion of educating those with hearing impairments, work he felt was his most important contribution to society. Bell worked with famous Americans such as Helen Keller and aviators Glenn Curtiss and Samuel P. Langley, and his inventions competed directly with those of Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers. This unique biography includes a time line, a list of online resources, and 21 engaging hands-on activities to better appreciate Bell's remarkable accomplishments. Kids will: construct a Pie Tin Telegraph and a Pizza Box Phonograph, "see" and "feel" sound by building simple devices, communicate using American Sign Language, send secret messages using Morse code, investigate the properties of ailerons on a paper airplane, build and fly a tetrahedral kite, and more!
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-127) and index.
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