NarrativeNonfictionGEORGE’SGIANTIANTWHEELHEELbyRaymondHuberPAIREDREAD3001:ASpaceMysterySTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:LibraryofCongressPrintsandPhotographsDivision[LC-USZ62-50927]**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularyStrategyDefinitionsandRestatementsVocabularyaccelerate,advantage,capabilities,friction,gravity,identity,inquiry,thrillingContentStandardsSciencePhysicalScienceWordCount:861**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119079-9MHID:0-02-119079-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1AGiantIdea.............................2Chapter2TheWorkBegins........................8Chapter3AnExcitingRide........................12RespondtoReading..................153001:ASpaceMystery.......16Glossary/Index........................19FocusonScience.............20byRaymondHuberGEORGE’SGIANTWHEELEssentialQuestionHowcansciencehelpyouunderstandhowthingswork?AGIANTIDEAIn1891,peoplewereplanningaworld’sfairinChicago.Thefairwouldshownewscienceandtechnology.Peoplewouldbeabletoseenewinventionssuchaselectriclights.Therewouldbegamesandrides.Thepeoplewhoorganizedthefairalsowantedsomethingspecial.Theywantedsomethinguniquethatwouldamazeeveryone.Thepeoplewhoorganizedthefairwantedmillionsofpeopletovisit.Chapter12LibraryofCongress,PrintsandPhotographsDivision[LC-USZC4-3270]In1889,therewasaworld’sfairinFrance.TheEiffelTowerwasbuiltforthefair.Itwasatallstructuremadefromsteelandiron.ThepeoplewhoorganizedtheChicagofairwantedsomethingbetter.Theyaskedp...
