Do you listen to music with an MP3 player or read books on a tablet? Do
you play multiplayer video games with people on the other side of the
world? Do you have a robot cleaning your kitchen? Maybe not yet, but
someday!
In Technology: Cool Women Who Code, kids in grades four through six
learn about the thrilling effort that goes into researching, inventing,
programming, and producing the technology we use today, from iPods to
mechanical limbs. Young readers discover exactly what technology is, how
it evolved, and where the future may lead. They also meet three women
who have contributed to the field in critical ways, including Grace
Hopper and Shaundra Bryant Daily.
Technology: Cool Women Who Code combines high-interest content with
links to online primary sources and essential questions that further
expand kids' knowledge and understanding of a topic they come in contact
with every day. Compelling portraits of women who have excelled in
meeting the challenges of their field keep kids interested and infused
with a sense of possibility and determination.