SuitabookSTEM jobs with cars
Jane Katirgis
- Reading
- Read together by choosing a job or technology that interests your child, then look for the STEM skills involved and discuss what further details they would want to know.
- Themes
- Engineering and design: The book discusses engineers who design cars and asks readers to compare design solutions and combine useful characteristics. Engineering is presented as practical work involving design choices and problem-solving.
- Greener cars and safety: The book mentions hybrid cars as using less fuel and reducing pollutants, and includes material on car safety. These topics are included, but the degree of explanation or evaluation is not established.
- Worth knowing
- The topics include car safety, pollutants and self-driving technology; the depth and balance of the discussion of these issues are unclear.