Electric Power Grid

From the Set 21st Century Skills Library

Many little-know facts about electric power - and the grid that controls much of it - are explained in this fascinating book.

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Interest Level Grade 4 - Grade 8
Reading Level Grade 6
Dewey 621.319
Lexile
ATOS Reading Level 5.6
Guided Reading Level
Language English
Publisher Cherry Lake Publishing
Available Formats Reinforced book (9781602790421), Paperback (9781602791015), PDF (9781602791770), ePub (9781631379024), Hosted ebook (9781602791770H), Kindle (9781631371981)
Copyright 2008
Number of Pages 32
Dimensions 7.5 x 9.5
Graphics

Author: Patricia Hynes

Patricia Hynes grew up in Pennsylvania, where she climbed hills and trees and swam in the local river. She attended college in Pennsylvania and got a degree in literature and secondary education. In both high school and college, her writing was published in school literary journals. She has spent her adult life teaching and writing for young people and has lived in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Florida, and Canada. She now lives in Venice, California, with her husband, a painter and dentist, and a fluffy orange cat named Stinky.

  • Living Without Electricity
  • Blackout!
  • Making and Delivering Electricity
  • The National Power Grid
  • Failure! A Real Life Example
  • Protecting the Grid
  • Glossary
  • For More Information
  • Index
Author/Illustrator biography
Glossary of key words
Index
Informative sidebars
Sources for further research
Table of contents