Aerospace engineer Aprille Ericsson

Format:

Book

Title:

Aerospace engineer Aprille Ericsson

Author:

Waxman, Laura Hamilton author

ISBN:

9781467757935

9781467761185

9781467762823

Publication:

Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2015]

Physical Description:

31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Series title(s):

STEM trailblazer bios.

Contents:

Dreaming big -- Working hard -- Chasing the dream -- Working at NASA -- Sharing the dream.

Summary:

An uplifting portrait of a leading NASA engineer describes her childhood ambition to pursue a life in science, her achievement as her university's first woman to receive a Ph. D. in her field and her pivotal role in building history-making spacecraft. --Publsiher's description.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.5 0.5 170260.

Reading Counts RC 6-8 6.4 6 Quiz: 66389.

Reading Counts! 920 6.4 6.0 Q66389.

Personal Subject:

Ericsson, Aprille, 1963-

Ericsson, Aprille, 1963- (OCoLC)fst00459123

Subject(s):

Aerospace engineers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

African American women aerospace engineers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Aerospace engineers.

African Americans -- Biography.

Geographic Term:

Genre:

Added Corporate Author:

Lerner Publications Company,

Electronic Access:

http://www.lernerbooks.com

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Have you ever built a cool science project? In middle school, Aprille Ericsson won second place in a science fair. She knew she wanted to keep creating amazing science projects. As an adult, she became an engineer and works at NASA building spacecraft.

Ericsson was one of the few girls in her middle school who loved math and science. Years later, she became the first woman to receive a PhD in mechanical engineering from Howard University. At NASA, she's helped build spacecraft that can map the moon, monitor climate change, or even bring soil and rocks back from Mars. Learn how Ericsson's passion for science has helped her pave the way for future engineers.

Reviews (3)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 4-7-Featuring brilliant and fascinating visionaries, this informative and inspiring series makes high intelligence and an exceptional aptitude for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subjects seem relevant. In addition, the authors render complicated topics clear and comprehensible. Enhanced by high-quality color photos, these well-written, up-to-date titles introduce individuals with whom many students won't be familiar. Readers with an interest in STEM will certainly want to emulate these accomplished figures, though. Students and educators will also appreciate the diverse representation. Thoughtful personal quotes about the subjects' lives and careers are included in "Tech Talk" boxes. VERDICT Highly recommended, especially where current biographies, particularly of those involved in STEM careers, are needed and requested; strong supplemental reading for science classes, too. © Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Horn Book Review

Six (three women and three men) contemporary scientists, engineers, and inventors are featured in this set that capitalizes on the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics objective of today's curriculums. Superficial overviews touch on childhood, education, and the subjects' breakthrough accomplishments. A colorful, easy-to-read format features photos and "tech talk" sidebars with quotes from the "trailblazers" themselves. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. [Review covers the following STEM Trailblazer Bios titles: GoPro Inventor Nick Woodman, SpaceX and Tesla Motors Engineer Elon Musk, Theoretical Physicist Brian Greene, Aerospace Engineer Aprille Ericsson, Computer Engineer Ruchi Sanghvi, and Genetics Expert Joanna L. Kelley.] (c) Copyright 2015. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

Their names may not be familiar, but their work is recognizable around the world. These titles in the STEM Trailblazer Bios series introduce cutting-edge engineers and scientists through accessible text and high-quality color photographs. Each biography traces the engineer's or scientist's childhood, guiding ambitions, education, and indomitable spirit that led them to succeed in a STEM career. Aerospace Engineer Aprille Ericsson examines how she didn't let her race or gender stop her from becoming the first African American woman at Goddard Space Flight Center to earn a PhD in engineering or beginning a career at NASA, working on space missions and studying Earth's climate change. With a focus on modern engineers and scientists, this series fills a gap in STEM collections.--Leeper, Angela Copyright 2015 Booklist

Chapter 1 Dreaming Big	p. 4
Chapter 2 Working Hard 10
Chapter 3 Chasing the Dream	p. 16
Chapter 4 Working at NASA	p. 20
Chapter 5 Sharing the Dream	p. 26
Timeline	p. 29
Source Notes	p. 30
Glossary	p. 30
Further Information	p. 31
Index	p. 32

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