Cardboard box engineering : cool, inventive projects for tinkerers, makers & future scientists / Jonathan Adolph.
"Working with simple household tools, kids can follow the step-by-step photographic instructions to exercise their design smarts, expand their 3-D thinking, and learn the basics of physics and engineering with activities that have real-life applications"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781635862140
- ISBN: 1635862140
- ISBN: 9781635863604
- ISBN: 1635863600
- ISBN: 9781713729358
- ISBN: 1713729350
- Physical Description: 175 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
- Publisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2020]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The science of engineering -- Mechanical marvels: robotics & animatronics -- Sights and sounds: audio & optical engineering -- Built to move: aeronautics & nautical engineering -- Elegant design: mechanical engineering -- We've got the power: harnessing energy -- Serious fun: game design. |
Target Audience Note: | Ages 9-14 Storey Publishing. Grades 4-6 Storey Publishing. |
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Genre: | Instructional and educational works. Illustrated works. Handbooks and manuals. Juvenile works. Instructional and educational works. Handbooks and manuals. Illustrated works. |
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Homer Public Library | J 745.54 ADO (Text) | 000094500 | Children's Library -- Nonfiction | Available | - |
Cardboard Box Engineering : Cool, Inventive Projects for Tinkerers, Makers and Future Scientists
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Cardboard Box Engineering : Cool, Inventive Projects for Tinkerers, Makers and Future Scientists
Cardboard is everywhere! For creative kids aged 9 to 14, it's the perfect eco-friendly building material, and Cardboard Box Engineering is the perfect guide to get them started on inventive tinkering. A working kaleidoscope, a marble roller coaster, a robotic hand, and a wind-powered tractor with cardboard gears are just some of the ingenious projects developed by Jonathan Adolph, author of the best-selling Mason Jar Science . Working with simple household tools, kids can follow the step-by-step photographic instructions to exercise their design smarts, expand their 3-D thinking, and learn the basics of physics and engineering with activities that have real-life applications.