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Ammachi’s Amazing Machines – STEM Book for Early Grades

Ammachi's amazing machines STEM picture bookIn Ammachi’s Amazing Machines, a children’s STEM book, Ammachi makes coconut cakes using all sorts of amazing devices to make the work easier. At the end of the exiting baking day, the book provides explanations of the mechanical devices Ammachi uses.

This story book provides great inspiration for science lessons after reading the story.

The story also contains lots of sound effects which are great for learning phonics.

This is a level 1 book brought to you by Pratham books, the Storyweaver platform, and author/illustrator Rajiv Eipe.

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Text and Images from Ammachi’s Amazing Machines

 

Ammachi's Amazing Machines“Ammachi! Ammachi! Could we make coconut barfi today?” Sooraj asked his grandmother.

“PLEEEEEAASE?”

 

Ammachi's Amazing Machines“Hee hee hee! Only if you help me make it, eh?” replied Ammachi.

“YAY!”

 

Ammachi's Amazing Machines“Ready?” shouted Sooraj. “Ready!” said Ammachi.

 

Ammachi's Amazing Machines“We’ll only pick the ripe ones, okay? The ones that are brown all over…

Watch out! Here they come!”

WHOOOSH… WHUMP!

 

<End of sample>

Examples of simple machines used in Ammachi’s Amazing Machines:

Ammachi’s barfi was made using SIMPLE MACHINES!

Simple machines make it easier to do work.

There are six kinds of simple machines:

1. Inclined plane

2. Lever

3. Wheel and Axle

4. Wedge

5. Pulley

6. Screw

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