Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.1
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2333
Points per Word
0.000214
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Series
Technology Takes on Nature
Description
Readers dig deep underground with earth borers to learn how the borers chew up rocks and dirt, helping engineers build new things far below Earth's surface.