Who Invented the Airplane?: Wright Brothers vs. Whitehead

Kenney, Karen Latchana

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Lerner Publications

Just the Series: STEM Smackdown (Alternator Books)

Series and Publisher: STEM Smackdown (Alternator Books)

Annotation: Learn about how the Wright brothers and Whitehead worked to become the first to fly at the same time.

Genre: [Engineering]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #157165

Format: Library Binding

Common Core/STEAM: STEAM

Publisher: Lerner Publications

Edition Date: 2018 Release Date: 01/01/18

Pages: 32 pages

ISBN: 1-512-48318-4

ISBN 13: 978-1-512-48318-5

Dewey: 629.130092

LCCN: 2017022030

Dimensions: 24 cm.

Subject Heading:
Whitehead, Gustave,. 1874-1927. Juvenile literature.
Wright, Wilbur,. 1867-1912. Juvenile literature.
Wright, Orville,. 1871-1948. Juvenile literature.
Whitehead, Gustave,. 1874-1927.
Wright, Wilbur,. 1867-1912.
Wright, Orville,. 1871-1948.
Aeronautics. Juvenile literature.
Aeronautics. History. Juvenile literature.
Aeronautics.
Aeronautics. History.

Language: English

Reviews:

Horn Book (Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2019)

These lively narratives investigate controversies surrounding who actually developed widely used STEM advances. Each text traces an invention's history, technology, and development by following the contest between two people, each of whom have claimed to be the true inventor. Well-designed with captioned color and black-and-white photographs, paintings, and diagrams, the books should intrigue readers and encourage further research. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

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Horn Book (Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2019)

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Word Count: 2,055

Reading Level: 5.3

Interest Level: 3-6

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.3 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 195554 / grade: Middle Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:5.6 / points:3.0 / quiz:Q72841

Lexile: 860L

Guided Reading Level: T

Fountas & Pinnell: T

Do you know who invented the airplane? Most Americans believe it was Wilbur and Orville Wright. But what if that's not true? What if a German immigrant named Gustave Whitehead beat the Wrights to the punch, flying a plane he designed several years before Wilbur and Orville took their famous flight? You'll hang on every word as the Wright brothers and Whitehead face off to become the first to fly. Read on for a story full of disputes, determination, and more. You'll never view the history of flight in the same way again!

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