{"id":304,"date":"2014-01-04T19:51:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-04T19:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/?p=304"},"modified":"2014-01-04T19:51:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-04T19:51:52","slug":"steam-locomotives-how-do-they-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/2014\/01\/04\/steam-locomotives-how-do-they-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam Locomotives &#8211; How do they work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/steam_engine_21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-305 lazyload\" alt=\"steam_engine_21\" data-src=\"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/steam_engine_21-231x300.jpg\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 231px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 231\/300;\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bjupress.com\/product\/115006?path=94384&amp;spot=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book<\/a>&#8216;s explanation of a steam locomotive reads like something I&#8217;d read to my 3 year old nephew, not a 3rd grader.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The steam presses on pipes inside the locomotive. It moves a special part that turns the wheels.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So I found a video that explains it all in proper terms: piston, valve, etc.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wZSoMxTb1ZM]<\/p>\n<p>So after watching the video, we can read the slightly less childish text on page 215 that describes the job of a fireman and the engineer.<\/p>\n<p>Discussion Questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How is the fireman on a train different than a fireman in our neighborhood?\u00a0 How are they the same?<\/li>\n<li>What is the engineer&#8217;s job?<\/li>\n<li>What kind of problems might an engineer see on the tracks ahead?<\/li>\n<li>What movie can you think of where an engineer saw a problem on the tracks ahead?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Links for more information:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sciencewithme.com\/learn-about-steam-engines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ScienceWithMe.com<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/straction.wordpress.com\/how-the-steam-engine-of-the-locomotive-works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nHow the Steam Engine of the Locomotive Works<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.animatedengines.com\/locomotive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Animated Engines<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cprr.org\/Museum\/Science_of_Railways_1899\/Steam_Locomotive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/transport\/engines-equipment\/steam1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HowStuffWorks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The book&#8216;s explanation of a steam locomotive reads like something I&#8217;d read to my 3 year old nephew, not a 3rd grader. &#8220;The steam presses on pipes inside the locomotive. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[34,63,70],"class_list":["post-304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","tag-american-history","tag-railroad","tag-steam-engine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/steam_engine_21.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}