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Pour tout savoir sur les coulisses du hockey, il suffit de feuilleter ce livre rempli de faits surprenants et inusit's - Pourquoi les joueurs appliquent-ils du ruban gomm? sur la lame de leur b?ton? Pourquoi cong?lent-ils la rondelle avant un match? (Vraiment, ils le font...) Avec humour et finesse, Shar Levine et Leslie Johnstone abordent l'aspect scientifique du hockey et sugg?rent de nombreuses exp?riences que les jeunes pourront r?aliser.
Ever wonder why hockey players tape their sticks? Or why they freeze pucks before a game? (they do, you know) With their usual fun and wonderment, Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone explain the science behind hockey. Each spread features a fun experiment budding hockey players can do on their own, on or off the ice!
Some topics include: why sticks break; how pucks are made; why pucks slide; eye-hand coordination; the shape of hockey sticks (curves, etc.); the science of ice.
Original title: Hockey Science - 25 Winning Experiences
About the Author: Shar Levine est une auteure canadienne de livres pour enfants qui a re?u de nombreuses r?compenses. Surnomm?e Sciencelady, elle propose aux enfants des exp?riences sur la science et participe souvent au Festival des ?crivains ainsi qu'? des conf?rences rassemblant professeurs et biblioth?caires. Elle offre ?galement des animations dans les ?coles et les biblioth?ques. Leslie Johnstone a compl?t? sa ma?trise en ?ducation par une sp?cialisation dans le d?veloppement des programmes scolaires. Elle dirige le d?partement des sciences dans un grand coll?ge ? Vancouver.
Shar Levine is an award-winning, best-selling Canadian children's author based in Vancouver, BC. Shar has written over 55 books and book/kits, primarily on hands-on science for children. Levine, and her co-author, Leslie Johnstone, were co-recipients of the Eve Savory Award for Science Communication from the B.C. Innovation Council (2006) and their book, Backyard Science, was a finalist for the Subaru Award, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science Books and Films (2005).
Leslie Johnstone has completed her Masters in Education specializing in Curriculum Development and she is the Department Head of Science at a large high school in Vancouver.
