Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis

This is where the fun (and physics) begins.

Once you design your roller coaster using easy-to-use tools, you get to try it out virtually. And his riders were not killed during their ride. His roller coasters would have corkscrews and tunnels with a background in outer space.

My son thinks this is a gaming app (it is!). My roller coaster accidentally went partially underground making it a lethal ride for my riders. I tried to design a roller coaster and I had trouble manipulating the track. The physics part was snuck in, which is just the way I like it. I was shocked to find that my son, then 7-years-old, not only insisted on using it upon finding it on my iPhone but was able to design the roller coaster of his dreams. When I discovered the Roller Coaster Physics app (I think someone emailed me with a code), it sounded like an app for high school students. I never got an intuitive sense of physics and my impression was that it was a formula to be memorized and calculated. I learned physics, painfully, in high school and struggled through pre-med physics in college.

Kobo eBook (September 2nd, 2014): $14.I wish I had been introduced to physics at a young age in a way that made it fun.

Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / United States.

Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Physics.

Juvenile Nonfiction / Curiosities & Wonders.

Juvenile Nonfiction / Technology / How Things Work-Are Made.

Juvenile Nonfiction / Technology / Inventions.

Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology.

Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Historical.

* 'Davis' picture-book bio soars, inspires, and keeps (the pages) ever turning' - Booklist, starred review 'The modernist look, inherently interesting topic, and strong documentation.make this title a positive addition.' -School Library Journal 'Kids who take ferris wheels for granted should find this history eye-opening.' -Kirkus 'Davis’s picture-book account of the Ferris Wheel construction does a first-rate job of capturing the many risks-to civic pride, financial success, and public safety-that attached to the first iteration of what most readers have already enjoyed as a local carnival attraction.' -Bulletin 'Davis delivers a tense and satisfying underdog story, while Ford creates a stylized 19th-century landscape.' -Publishers Weekly ' informative and entertaining account.' -Wall Street Journal - Product Details

Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis