Aerospace Engineer Aprille Ericsson
Aerospace Engineer Aprille Ericsson
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Just the Series: STEM Trailblazer Bios   

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Annotation: Looks at the career and early life of award-winning aerospace engineer Aprille Ericsson, a Bronx native who was the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in engineering from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Genre: [Biographies]
 
Reviews: 2
Catalog Number: #92668
Format: Library Binding
Common Core/STEAM: STEAM STEAM Common Core Common Core
Copyright Date: 2015
Edition Date: 2015 Release Date: 01/01/15
Pages: 32 pages
ISBN: 1-467-75793-4
ISBN 13: 978-1-467-75793-5
Dewey: 921
LCCN: 2014013767
Dimensions: 24 cm.
Language: English
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ALA Booklist (Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 CST 2015)

Their names may not be familiar, but their work is recognizable around the world. These titles in the STEM Trailblazer Bios series introduce cutting-edge engineers and scientists through accessible text and high-quality color photographs. Each biography traces the engineer's or scientist's childhood, guiding ambitions, education, and indomitable spirit that led them to succeed in a STEM career. Aerospace Engineer Aprille Ericsson examines how she didn't let her race or gender stop her from becoming the first African American woman at Goddard Space Flight Center to earn a PhD in engineering or beginning a career at NASA, working on space missions and studying Earth's climate change. With a focus on modern engineers and scientists, this series fills a gap in STEM collections.

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Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Word Count: 2,212
Reading Level: 5.5
Interest Level: 2-5
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.5 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 170260 / grade: Middle Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:6.4 / points:6.0 / quiz:Q66389
Lexile: 920L
Guided Reading Level: T
Fountas & Pinnell: T

Have you ever built a cool science project? In middle school, Aprille Ericsson won second place in a science fair. She knew she wanted to keep creating amazing science projects. As an adult, she became an engineer and works at NASA building spacecraft.

Ericsson was one of the few girls in her middle school who loved math and science. Years later, she became the first woman to receive a PhD in mechanical engineering from Howard University. At NASA, she's helped build spacecraft that can map the moon, monitor climate change, or even bring soil and rocks back from Mars. Learn how Ericsson's passion for science has helped her pave the way for future engineers.


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