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1) Tunnels
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"Carefully leveled text and engaging full-color photos introduce early fluent readers to the world's most amazing tunnels while explaining the engineering behind their creation. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--
2) Tunnels
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1984.
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English
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An introduction to tunnels including their history, how they are made, various kinds of tunnels and their construction, and their uses.
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"The Underground, the Metro, the Tube, the Subway--whatever you call it, underground transit is a mark of a modern city public transportation system. Packed with historic and contemporary photographs, this compelling book will grab readers with an interest in subways and railways. Also included are underground escape routes and abandoned underground tunnel systems."--Provided by publisher.
5) Tunnels
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"Thousands of years ago, ancient engineers came up with a way to cross obstacles that prevented people getting from one place to another. They built a passageway under the ground called a tunnel. A tunnel sounds simple. After all, it is just a tube built through dirt or stone. But building a tunnel is one of the hardest challenges an engineer can face. This scientific text highlights the origin of the first tunnels, the greatest tunnel builders, the...
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Bridges and tunnels are lifelines. People have tackled seemingly insurmountable obstacles, including vast canyons and mountain ranges, to design and construct these amazing passageways. Bridges and Tunnels: Investigate Feats of Engineering invites children ages 9 and up to explore the innovation and physical science behind structures our world depends on. Trivia and fun facts illustrate engineering ingenuity and achievements. Activities and projects...
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"Kids will learn about the history of tunnels with Engineer It! Tunnel Projects. They will discover how tunnels are built. Then, build their own train tunnel, underwater tunnel, and more. Each project has color photos and easy-to-follow instructions. Young crafters will be budding engineers in no time!Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles."--Publisher's website.
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"Created to support NGSS, the Be An Engineer! series explains how different structures are designed by engineers to solve problems. Each title takes readers through the steps of the engineering design process to explain how an everyday structure is designed to overcome physical obstacles to meet peoples' needs. Real-world examples, vibrant photographs, and fact boxes reinforce learning, and readers design and create their own model structures. A link...
10) Digging tunnels
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[2008]
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English
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"Simple text and photographs present the digging of a tunnel, including information on the workers and equipment needed"--Provided by publisher.
11) Dig a tunnel
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Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First edition.
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English
Description
Simply describes a variety of tunnels, how they are built and how they are used.
16) Tunnels
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1990.
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English
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Describes different types of tunnels and how they are made.
17) Tunnels
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1988.
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English
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Describes the history of tunnels, the techniques used in building them, and their many uses.
20) Tunnels
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[1984]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A brief introduction to tunnels--their types, shapes, and parts, and how they are built.
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