What Would You Choose?

Racing a monster truck, riding a hoverboard, or using a remote-control tank are some of the crazy activities daredevils can do today because of amazing machine technology. Just because it's possible doesn't mean everyone wants to do it. In this book, readers are presented with cool megamachines and asked to choose between them. Readers not only learn about how superfast cars are made or how 3D printers work but also how to weigh two options and make a decision. Full-color photographs and an action-packed design energize readers as they zoom through amazing facts and discover more about modern machines.

Running any marathon takes months of training and a bit of courage. Tackling that distance on the Great Wall of China takes the event to another level. Readers encounter incredible sports events, such as the luge and the skeleton, and choose which they would rather try. Facts about each inform the tough questions readers ask themselves in order to make the choice, helping them to exercise their decision-making skills. Full-color photographs and an action-packed design aid readers' choices by illustrating the exciting sports, extreme athletes, and odd sports from around the world.

Both the ocean floor and the moon are dangerous places. The water pressure deep underwater is 1,000 times greater than the pressure at sea level. On the moon, humans can't survive without a spacesuit and provisions. How could you choose between visiting these places? Throughout this book, readers weigh their options of visiting perilous places such as the Mariana Trench and risky events such as running with the bulls. Exciting facts about each option are presented alongside full-color photographs, highlighting the thrill of each. Readers use decision-making skills to choose, only to find another tough choice on the next page.

If it was possible to run as fast as a cheetah, would you? Or would you rather be able to fly? Readers are faced with this dilemma and many more in this book. Facts and true stories about each scenario help readers make tough choices as they read and envision what it might be like to be bitten by a great white shark or eat a scorpion. Full-color, up-close photographs engage readers' imaginations as they weigh the pros and cons of each choice, practicing decision-making skills useful beyond the pages of this book.