Maker Workshop
Amazing projects you can make today!
Published on 6. February 2020
Book
Hardback
112 pages
978-1-78312-523-4 (ISBN)
Description
Create fascinating gizmos from simple electronics and household items, from a gravity-powered car to a light-up backpack to a geodesic mini greenhouse. This highly practical handbook is packed with guidance, tips and inspiration for making simple but clever gadgets that will give kids a real sense of achievement, as well as impressing friends and parents with their skills. The perfect book for fun STEM projects to keep kids busy when they're stuck indoors, or for home-schooling inspiration.
Page after page of makes allow budding engineers and inventors to pick and choose projects that suit their interests and skill level. Each project comes with a short explanation of the science behind it, and every stage is heavily illustrated and photographed to ensure that following the instructions is easy and fun. Parents might learn something, too!
Contents:
Bionic Bots: Bug Bot; Hydraulic arm; Walking robot.
Mega Movers: Rubber band boat; Gravity-powered car; Paper plane launcher; Remote-controlled car.
Home Helpers: Solar night-light; Light-up greetings cards.
Out and About: Glowing backpack; Light-up shoes.
Mini-verse: Mini geodesic biodome; Mini basketball game; Mini motorised Ferris wheel.
Page after page of makes allow budding engineers and inventors to pick and choose projects that suit their interests and skill level. Each project comes with a short explanation of the science behind it, and every stage is heavily illustrated and photographed to ensure that following the instructions is easy and fun. Parents might learn something, too!
Contents:
Bionic Bots: Bug Bot; Hydraulic arm; Walking robot.
Mega Movers: Rubber band boat; Gravity-powered car; Paper plane launcher; Remote-controlled car.
Home Helpers: Solar night-light; Light-up greetings cards.
Out and About: Glowing backpack; Light-up shoes.
Mini-verse: Mini geodesic biodome; Mini basketball game; Mini motorised Ferris wheel.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Interest Age: From 8 years
Illustrations
clr photos and illus
Dimensions
Height: 253 mm
Width: 199 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
523 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78312-523-4 (9781783125234)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Dr. Alison Buxton is Director at STEAMWORKS LEARNING, the non-profit organisation dedicated to bringing STEM activities to schoolchildren, and leads the MakerEd UK and Makerspace Developer programme for the University of Sheffield, UK.
Content
Bionic Bots: Bug Bot; Hydraulic arm; Walking robot.
Mega Movers: Rubber band boat; Gravity-powered car; Paper plane launcher; Remote-controlled car.
Home Helpers: Solar night-light; Light-up greetings cards.
Out and About: Glowing backpack; Light-up shoes.
Mini-verse: Mini geodesic biodome; Mini basketball game; Mini motorised Ferris wheel.
Mega Movers: Rubber band boat; Gravity-powered car; Paper plane launcher; Remote-controlled car.
Home Helpers: Solar night-light; Light-up greetings cards.
Out and About: Glowing backpack; Light-up shoes.
Mini-verse: Mini geodesic biodome; Mini basketball game; Mini motorised Ferris wheel.