Super Science Facts: Nature-Based Tech

What can plants and animals teach us about how to make our lives better? For years, people have looked at nature to come up with new products. Learn about some ideas that have improved travel, medicine, and building. The natural world has shown us the way to many useful inventions!

Glossary: adhesive, architecture, biomimicry, burr, drag, evolve, hexagon, honeycomb, impact, innovation, inspire, parasite, setae, skin graft, tubercle, ultraviolet, ventilation, vortices, wind turbine

Table of Contents:
Ideas from Nature
Sticking and Swimming
Medical Insights
Building Better Trains and Cars
Catching the Wind
Super Science Facts

Super Science Facts entertains readers in grades 5 to 12 with fun science facts and colorful images on every page that support reading comprehension. The minimal text format (1,700 to 2,000 words per book) introduces content vocabulary defined in context and repeated in a glossary.
Grades / Interest Level 5 - 12
Reading Level 3
Lexile HL660
Format 5½" x 8½"
Pages 48