NarrativeNonfictionGEORGE’SGIANTIANTWHEELHEELbyRaymondHuberPAIREDREAD3001:ASpaceMysterySTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:LibraryofCongressPrintsandPhotographsDivision[LC-USZ62-50927]**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,514**ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularyStrategyDefinitionsandRestatementsVocabularyaccelerate,advantage,capabilities,friction,gravity,identity,inquiry,thrillingContentStandardsSciencePhysicalScienceCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118856-7MHID:0-02-118856-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowcansciencehelpyouunderstandhowthingswork?Chapter1AGiantIdea.................................2Chapter2TheWorkBegins............................8Chapter3AThrillingRide.............................12RespondtoReading........................153001:ASpaceMystery............16Glossary/Index..............................19FocusonScience...................20byRaymondHuberGEORGE’SGIANTWHEELIn1891,thecityofChicagowaspreparingtoholdaworld’sfaircalledtheColumbianExposition.Thefairwouldbeanopportunityforthecountrytoshowthelatestadvancesinscienceandtechnology.Newinventionssuchaselectriclightswouldbeondisplay.Therewouldbeacompletemodelelectrickitchen.Therewouldbegamesandridesaswell.Buttheorganizersofthefairalsowantedsomethingextra—somethingthatwouldmakepeoplewanttoattendthefair.Theywantedagiganticattractionthatwouldastonishtheworld.TheorganizersoftheColumbianExpositionwantedmillionsofpeopletovisitthefair.Chapter1ChapAGIANTIDEA2Librar...
