STEM―where we see it, how we use it, and why you should careDiscover how engineering is part of our daily lives with Everyday STEM Engineering―Civil Engineering.Engineering is all around us, from buildings and structures to the roads on which we travel. It's even in space! Discover how civil and mechanical engineering helps us interact with society, witness how engineering is helping save the environment and meet the engineers whose designs continue to make our lives easier. A "try this at home" section shows readers how to create a building made out of spaghetti, plus much more.With easy-to-understand text written by Jenny Jacoby, fun callouts, and lots of colorful artworks, photos, and diagrams, readers can best explore where we encounter engineering and why it’s even important at all.The Everyday STEM series makes science relevant to tweens. Instead of telling kids STEM is important and is the key to their “future success,” these books show readers how we use science, technology, en
