Bodden, Valerie

Virtual-reality headsets are a Modern Engineering Marvel! In this engaging title, readers will explore the history of virtual-reality immersion from the stereoscope and View-Master to flight simulators and arcade games to today's head mounted displays! Palmer Lucky and Occulus Rift are featured, and a colorful infographic shows how a virtual-reality headset works. Readers will learn about the future of virtual-reality headsets including military training and crime scene investigation. A timeline, a glossary, and an index supplement historical and color photos. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Explores the history of 3D printing technology.

From the lowliest slave to the most powerful ruler, every civilization has been built--and undone--by different classes of people. This new series takes an anthropologist's view of five famous Ancient Civilizations, noting how the various social groups influenced and interacted with each other and changed the very history of the world. Emphasizing each civilization's legacy and innovations, each title also presents a timeline of major historical events and engaging facts are highlighted throughout the text. In this title discover an historical overview of the Egyptian civilization from the perspectives of the social classes, from the king to the laborers, including the North African kingdoms' growth and decline.

Provides a description of tigers, explains where and how they live, what they eat, and how they give birth, and includes a tiger story.

A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of parrots, a family of colorful birds. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why parrots can imitate speech.

"Have you ever wondered who developed computer coding? Discover how Ada Lovelace's interest in mathematics led to her work on an early computer and the first programming algorithm ever used"--Provided by publisher.

"Feel goosebumps begin to form as this title explores cemeteries around the world, surveying common cemetery features and creepy stories about these places"--Provided by the publisher.

In this engaging title, readers will explore this history of wearable technology from the wristwatch to the Walkman to the eye-cam. Readers will learn about the future of wearable technology from impact sensors in football helmets to clothing that can detect dehydration.

Examines the events leading up to and surrounding the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., discussing how King's life and legacy have changed America since that time.

Explores military helicopters, including their uses and carrying capacity, history of development, rotors and other features, and famous models from around the world.