EUREK-HER! Stories of Inspirational Women in STEM With 12 Activities You Can Try Too!

Discover 20 inspirational stories about world-changing women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). From ancient Mesopotamia to present-day Kenya, you''ll see how female scientists and inventors throughout history have turned their ideas into important inventions and discoveries that still help and inspire people today. After reading their stories, you can practise your own STEM skills with 12 simple step-by-step experiments. Activities include: making a fossil, setting off a chain reaction, playing the ''smell test'' game, and even measuring something that you can''t see! A truly inspiring non-fiction book about women in STEM!

About the author

Frances Durkin is a historian, writer and mum who grew up in a large, history-loving family. A regular contributor to Aquila magazine on all sorts of historical and STEM subjects for children and co-creator of the Histronauts, Frances runs workshops at museums and bookshops and has written for the Tate. Frances lives in Buckinghamshire, UK, with her young family.

Summary

Discover 20 inspirational stories about women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). From ancient Mesopotamia to present-day Kenya, you'll see how women throughout history have turned their ideas into important inventions. After reading their stories, you can practise your own STEM skills with 12 simple step-by-step experiments.

Product details

• Authors: Frances Durkin
• Assisted by: Nur Ventura (Illustration)
• Publisher: Bounce
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.09.2024
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology
• EAN: 9781913918941
• ISBN: 978-1-913918-94-1
• Age Recommendation: from age 8
• Dimensions (packing): 21.6 x 27.8 x 1.2 cm
• Weight (packing): 595 g
• Series: Inspirational STEM Stories; World-Changers
• Subjects: JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / General, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Girls & Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Inventions, People & places (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 8 years, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, scientists, inventors, women, STEM, discoveries, inventions, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Inventors, inventions and experiments