What happens to your old phone or computer when you need an upgrade? What rights does the worker who built your phone have? This thought-provoking title helps readers discover the answers to these questions and many more.
Readers learn about the process of manufacturing toys and the materials that are used. Environmental issues and working conditions are revealed, shedding new light on where today’s children’s favorite toys come from. Readers will also learn about new efforts companies are making to provide their workers with fair wages and safe working conditions.
Find out about the links between supply, demand, working conditions, and the resources that are needed to build just one computer, as well as the environmental impacts from technology purchases.
"This title teaches readers how to stop dreaming about becoming an inventor--and take steps to make their dreams come true! Helpful tips for finding inspiration, keeping an ideas journal and always thinking about how to improve things will help your reader inventing in no time! An activity at the end of the book encourages readers to invent their own board game and test it out."--.
"This title teaches readers how to stop dreaming about becoming an inventor--and take steps to make their dreams come true! Helpful tips for finding inspiration, keeping an ideas journal and always thinking about how to improve things will help your reader inventing in no time! An activity at the end of the book encourages readers to invent their own board game and test it out."--.
Presents a brief history behind Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye," and describes how African-American culture and the author's life influenced the themes of the novel.
