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Bleeps & blips to rocket ships: great inventions in communication
Bleeps and Blips to Rocket Ships: Great Inventions in Communications. Alannah Hegedus & Kaitlin Rainey. Illustrated by Bill Slavin. Toronto, ON: Tundra, 2001. 88 pp., pbk., $19.99. ISBN 0-88776-452-5. Subject Heading: 1. Inventions-Canada-History-Juvenile literature. 2. Communication-Canada-History-Juvenile literature. 3. Telecommunication-Canada-History-Juvenile literature. 4. Inventors-Canada-History-Juvenile literature. Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14. Review by Gail Hamilton. *** /4 excerpt: Radio dramas required convincing sound effects, and soon radio stations were full of a whole assortment of junk used for creating just the right smash, crash, creak or rumble. Some things were built specially, like door frames that could vary the pitch of a slammed door. Coconut shells were \"walked' across gravel to sound like horses, steel sheets were wobbled to make thunder, and cornstarch boxes were squeezed to sound like someone walking through snow.
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Bleeps & blips to rocket ships: great inventions in communication
The book is text-heavy, enlivened but not overly cluttered with anecdotes and inventive scientific experiments such as how to make a simple telegraph, create a halftone image, and show how satellites work with a flashlight, mirror, and black paper. Its clear explanations avoid confusing technological language, and the authors excel in conveying the historic importance and context of each discovery. A glossary and index are included. Bleeps will be useful in the classroom, where its human interest stories and revelations of Canadian inventiveness may open doors to understanding for the science-resistant. -- Michele Landsberg, a Toronto Star columnist and a member of the CBC's children's book panel.
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Shooting hoops & skating loops: great inventions in sports
In the spirit of promoting Canadian achievement, Shooting Hoops and Skating Loops: Great Inventions in Sports celebrates Canadian ingenuity by taking a chronological stroll through the development of ten recreational activities, many of which have since evolved into popular sports now identified with this country. From snowshoeing to sailing, hockey to basketball, the text weaves together historical story and facts into an entertaining and fun narrative that has readers sailing the first Laser and throwing snowsnakes over a mile! Various aspects of these sports are discussed, including equipment design, key historical figures, and the roles of Aboriginal peoples and women. The text is comfortably interspersed with illustrations, subheadings, and separate boxes of related information [such as early game rules] or unusual facts ['did you know...?].
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