Record details

• ISBN: 9781641523691
• ISBN: 1641523697
• Physical Description: x, 184 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
• Publisher: Emeryville, CA : Rockridge Press, [2019]
• Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction. -- Part one. Think like an engineer: Chapter one. What is an engineer? -- Chapter two. How to use this book. -- Part two. Projects: Toothpick tower -- Straw rocket -- Water clock -- Paper towel -- Cardboard tube suspension bridge -- House of cards -- Rubber band guitar -- Clothes hanger balance scale -- Paper plate sundial -- Stick and modeling clay cabin -- Paper coding treasure hunt -- Shoebox foosball -- CD hovercraft -- Tinfoil barge -- Recycled bottle car -- Fantastical flying dragon -- Cardboard castle drawbridge -- Crafty rubber band shooter -- Paper cup telephone -- Solar water distiller -- Paper cup skyscraper -- Balloon-powered boat -- Water rocket blastoff -- Making milk plastic -- Pizza box solar oven -- Mini spoon-and-stick catapult -- Toy parachute -- Mighty wind meter -- Waterwheel -- Paper clip helicopter -- Rubber band race car -- Marble roller coaster -- Scissor lift grabber -- Rubber band paddleboat -- DIY electromagnet -- Egg drop challenge -- Cardboard tube marble run -- Craft stick truss bridge -- Shaker instrument -- Pipe cleaner maze -- Pendulum art -- Paper bridge penny holder -- Mini nature dam -- Lemon battery -- Pulley bucket lift -- Toy zip line -- Scribble bot -- Needle-and-cork compass -- Pom-pom popper -- Clothespin balancing stick -- Graphite circuit drawing -- Simple shelter -- Part three. Putting it all together. -- Glossary -- Resources -- Index.

Target Audience Note:

For kids: 5-10 years.

900L Lexile

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Subject:

Engineering > Experiments > Juvenile literature.
Science > Experiments > Juvenile literature.

Genre:

Activity books.
Instructional and educational works.