Copyright Date:
2017
Edition Date:
2018
Release Date:
08/01/17
Pages:
32 pages
ISBN:
1-512-45632-2
ISBN 13:
978-1-512-45632-5
Dewey:
921
LCCN:
2016044353
Dimensions:
23 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist
In straightforward chapters with plenty of photos, entries in the STEM Trailblazer Bio series showcase notable inventors and scientists who broke barriers in their fields. Super Soaker Inventor Lonnie Johnson is perhaps the best of the bunch: the authors explain Johnson's childhood in segregated Alabama, his career as a NASA engineer, the invention of the Super Soaker, and some of his later inventions and entrepreneurial achievements. Though they're a bit on the dry side, these biographies hit the major highlights of their subjects' lives, and with a broad range of topics in the series, including many contemporary women of color working in STEM fields, these will be useful starting points for students looking for research topics.
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Bibliography Index/Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Word Count:
2,435
Reading Level:
5.1
Interest Level:
2-5
Accelerated Reader:
reading level: 5.1
/ points: 0.5
/ quiz: 190863
/ grade: Middle Grades
Reading Counts!:
reading level:4.7 /
points:3.0 /
quiz:Q71519
Lexile:
780L
Guided Reading Level:
U
As a kid, Lonnie Johnson liked to invent things. He often faced prejudice as an African American growing up in the segregated southern United States, but he eventually became an engineer for the US Air Force and NASA. He was working on a different invention when he came up with the idea for a new type of water gun. Johnson knew his toy was more powerful than other squirt gunshe just needed to find a way to make the Super Soaker available to kids all over the country. Learn how Johnson overcame many challenges to become a brilliant engineer and inventor.