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Wile E. Coyote Experiments
Smash!: Wile E. Coyote Experiments with Simple Machines
Wile E. Coyote will try anything to catch Road Runner. Watch as he builds clever traps using levers, screws, wheels and axles, and pulleys. Will these simple machines help Wile E. catch that bird? Or will his plans backfire on him? Read inside to find out!
32 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 2014
22 people want to read
About the author
Mark Weakland
130 books17 followersWhile earning a degree in the sciences, author/educator/musician Mark Weakland played drums and percussion with scores of Pittsburgh-based bands. He then went on to earn multiple teacher certifications and a master’s degree in education.
Mark expresses his creative side through music and writing. He is the author of eighteen non-fiction children’s books. Upcoming books, written as collaborations between Warner Brothers, Sports Illustrated Kids, and Capstone Press, include a set of Scooby-Doo (and mathematics) books, a set of Wile E. Coyote (and physics) books, and a set of hockey (shapes and patterns) books.
Other kid projects include an award-winning audio book, a poetry collection, and Jack Attack, his first YA novel. Mark’s books have received outstanding reviews from Booklist and Library Media Connection and won multiple awards, such as the 2012 Green Award for Sustainable Children’s Literature and the 2011 Eureka Nonfiction Children’s Book Award.
His academic book for teachers and administrators, Super Core! Supercharging Your Basal Reading Program with More Reading, Writing, and Word Work, will be published by the International Reading Association in January of 2014.
As a musician and songwriter, Mark has written and recorded music for both kids and grown-ups. His songs have won Parents' Choice and Children's Web awards and finished as finalists in The John Lennon Songwriting and USA Songwriting contests. Performing on drums, guitar, and vocals, Mark still records and plays with various artists and bands in Western Pennsylvania.
Mark expresses his creative side through music and writing. He is the author of eighteen non-fiction children’s books. Upcoming books, written as collaborations between Warner Brothers, Sports Illustrated Kids, and Capstone Press, include a set of Scooby-Doo (and mathematics) books, a set of Wile E. Coyote (and physics) books, and a set of hockey (shapes and patterns) books.
Other kid projects include an award-winning audio book, a poetry collection, and Jack Attack, his first YA novel. Mark’s books have received outstanding reviews from Booklist and Library Media Connection and won multiple awards, such as the 2012 Green Award for Sustainable Children’s Literature and the 2011 Eureka Nonfiction Children’s Book Award.
His academic book for teachers and administrators, Super Core! Supercharging Your Basal Reading Program with More Reading, Writing, and Word Work, will be published by the International Reading Association in January of 2014.
As a musician and songwriter, Mark has written and recorded music for both kids and grown-ups. His songs have won Parents' Choice and Children's Web awards and finished as finalists in The John Lennon Songwriting and USA Songwriting contests. Performing on drums, guitar, and vocals, Mark still records and plays with various artists and bands in Western Pennsylvania.
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August 7, 2017
"I liked it because simple machines are great for making a trap to catch a roadrunner! This book is funny because he keeps making a mistake like squishing himself! Like SQUASH! KLONK!"
What did you learn?
"I learned that simple machines don't always work to catch a roadrunner!" [Giggling] "I learned that you could squish yourself with a simple machine!" [Peals of laughter]
So I take it this book was fun?
"Yes!" He zoomed away making sound effects. I presume he's pretending that simple machines have backfired on the coyote.
- A review by a 6 yr old, with questions and comments by his mom, who typed.
Mom's review:
This series was a big hit with my kid. He's excited about reading all of them and has already re-read some of the ones he already finished. I love that he loves it.
What did you learn?
"I learned that simple machines don't always work to catch a roadrunner!" [Giggling] "I learned that you could squish yourself with a simple machine!" [Peals of laughter]
So I take it this book was fun?
"Yes!" He zoomed away making sound effects. I presume he's pretending that simple machines have backfired on the coyote.
- A review by a 6 yr old, with questions and comments by his mom, who typed.
Mom's review:
This series was a big hit with my kid. He's excited about reading all of them and has already re-read some of the ones he already finished. I love that he loves it.
August 14, 2014
Fans of Wile E. Coyote will really enjoy how this book uses the determined animal and his attempts to capture roadrunner as the reasons for various experiments with simple machines. If he understood the concepts behind machines such as levers, inclines, wheels, pulleys, and spirals, he might be more successful in snagging his prey. The five chapters contain easy-to-understand information about each of the simple machines as well as drawings illustrating how each of them works. Although I liked this book, it wasn't as charming as the other one concerning states of matter.
February 28, 2015
Copyright Date: 2014
I chose to pair this title with Hank the cowdog: the case of the tricky trap.
This book is a great little read on simple machines, such as the lever and fulcrum, wheels, and pulleys. Wile E. Coyote demonstrates each machine, which predictabley chaotic results. I chose to pair it with the Hank title because Hank gets caught repeatedly in his own trap, and his target is much smarter than him, just as it is with Wile E. and the roadrunner!
I chose to pair this title with Hank the cowdog: the case of the tricky trap.
This book is a great little read on simple machines, such as the lever and fulcrum, wheels, and pulleys. Wile E. Coyote demonstrates each machine, which predictabley chaotic results. I chose to pair it with the Hank title because Hank gets caught repeatedly in his own trap, and his target is much smarter than him, just as it is with Wile E. and the roadrunner!
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November 9, 2016I read this for my physical science genre. This books follows Wile E. Coyote building machines to catch the RoadRunner. It explains the machines and how they are supposed to work and why sometime they don't work. This book is for fifth grade and up. While this book is good for discussing machines, it also can be used to teach students how to use the index of a book. There are no content concerns for this book. It has fun cartoon illustrations that make the topic enjoyable.
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