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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Civilizations have long used canals to move water, ships, cargo, and people from one location to another. The first canals were often trenches dug to bring water to crops. Some were dug to connect rivers or other bodies of water. Over the centuries, the techniques, technology, resources, and science used to construct canals has changed greatly. Today, canals all over the world help keep business booming and people moving! Readers will learn how engineers...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c.2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This title explores and explains how the Panama Canal was built. The canal's construction is described in terms of the engineering process. The book explores why the canal was built and describes the design stages and technologies used during construction. The book also describes the challenges builders faced while building the canal.
4) Suez Canal
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Explores the history, the people, and the science behind the construction of the Suez Canal. Includes online content that contains weblinks, audio and video clips, slideshows, activities, hands-on experiments, and much more.
6) Canals
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Readers will have a blast learning about Canals. From the Panama Canal to shallow canals, this book explores how they are built, how they are used, and the engineer's job to build and plan for them. --Amazon
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the worlds most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!"--Amazon.com.
9) Panama Canal
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early readers the science and engineering behind the Panama Canal. Includes infographics, an activity, glossary, and index"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"The Panama Canal links the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean in Central America, creating a valuable route for international shipping. Engineering the Panama Canal discusses the history of attempts to dig the canal, the engineers who worked to make the difficult project a reality, and the modern improvements that have made the canal more useful than ever"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"A novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, following the intersecting lives of the local families fighting to protect their homeland, the West Indian laborers recruited to dig the waterway, and the white Americans who gained profit and glory for themselves"--
14) Suez Canal
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the history of the Suez Canal, its building, opening, operation, and its impact on world trade.
15) The Panama Canal
Author
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Describes the planning and building of the Panama Canal.
17) The Panama Canal
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Describes the struggles and accomplishments in building the Panama Canal. Includes glossary, websites, and bibliography for further reading"--
18) The Panama Canal
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
A history of the building of the Panama Canal, with emphasis on the difficulties of digging a canal where some engineers said it could not be done.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Tells the story of how the Panama Canal was built, describing the project's backgound and the people who were involved. Follows the progress of the construction, detailing the engineering achievements and the experiences of the thousands of workers who labored on the ten-year project, and takes a look at the canal today.