THE STEAM ENGINE

OVERVIEW

LEARN

• How to use supporting details to understand a text

READ

• What is a steam engine?
• A popular use for steam still today
• The effects of the steam engine on U.S. history
• Beyond electricity: Steam heat in New York City
• Geysers: Steam power in nature

EXPERIMENT

• Steam engines can make rotary (circular) movement or linear (back-and-forth) movement. This week's experiment will show you how they change from one to the other.

QUICK QUESTION

INSTRUCTIONS: Which of the following things use steam? Choose six.

• old-fashioned trains for travel
• smoke/fog machines for concerts
• irons and cleaners at a laundry
• espresso machines in coffee shops
• e-cigarettes for smoking
• turbine generators for electricity
• machines to sterilize medical instruments in hospitals
• bubble machines for birthday parties
• electric cars such as Tesla
• heating systems in New York City