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Drones: Science, Technology, and Engineering (Calling All Innovators: a Career for You)

Otfinoski, Steven

 
9780531218662: Drones: Science, Technology, and Engineering (Calling All Innovators: a Career for You)

Synopsis

Discover how today's pilots can remotely operate the latest aircraft from the surface.
Calling All Innovators series introduces students to careers in science and technology. The complex text allows readers (Grades 5-8) to determine the main idea and explain how it is supported by key details.

Operating aircraft once required pilots to take to the skies in the cockpits of airplanes, helicopters, and other large vehicles. However, this has all changed with the latest improvements in drone technology. Readers will learn how drones can be used to visit places no other aircraft could reach, why drones are so important to modern military operations, and why these unmanned aircraft are so controversial.

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About the Author

Steven Otfinoski has written more than 150 books for young readers. Three of his nonfiction books have been chosen Books for the Teen Age by the New York Public Library. Steve is also a playwright and has his own theater company that brings one-person plays about American history to schools. Steve lives in Connecticut with his wife, who is a teacher. They have two children, two dogs, and a cat. When he's not writing he enjoys swimming, tennis, reading, and singing in his church choir.

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