Agricultural engineering and feeding the future
By: Anne Rooney
Series: Engineering in action; Engineering in action
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Published: 2016
Place of publication: St. Catharines, Ontario; New York, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780778775041; 9780778775256; 9781427199966; 9781427199928
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Agricultural engineering; Juvenile literature; Food supply
Description: "Agricultural engineers are in the front line in the challenge to provide a secure food supply for our world. This timely book explores how engineers design methods, as well as machinery for growing and harvesting crops, to make farming more efficient. Real-life examples help students understand key concepts related to this important profession. With an overview of the engineering design process, readers are encouraged to apply the same steps into their own agricultural engineering challenge."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 30) and index.

Ages 10-14.

Grades 7 to 8.
Table of contents: title: What is agricultural engineering?; title: What is a biosystem?; title: How things grow; title: Improving farming through history; title: Learning from past mistakes; title: Working in agricultural engineering; title: The engineering process; title: Brainstorming and choosing ideas; title: Testing and prototypes; title: Evaluating and improving the design; title: Refining and sharing the project; title: Design challenge; title: Into the future.