Kid Engineer: Working with Computers and Robotics
Published on 9. July 2020
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-5263-1319-5 (ISBN)
Description
Discover the world of engineering with fun, step-by-step projects.
Our world is in the middle of a computer and robotics revolution! These amazing machines are all around us, helping humans do everything from sending a text message to flying a plane. Get to grips with how hardware and software work, and discover how engineers are creating robots to help us out on Earth - and in space.
Kid-Engineer is the perfect introduction to the topic for budding young engineers. Each book focuses on one of the key engineering disciplines, breaking it down to make it interesting and accessible for young readers. Simple step-by-step activities bring the learning to life and encourage readers to develop their own engineering and design skills.
Great reading for aspiring engineers aged 8 and above.
Other titles in the series include:
Energy
Buildings and Structures
Machines
Transport & Aerospace
Materials
Our world is in the middle of a computer and robotics revolution! These amazing machines are all around us, helping humans do everything from sending a text message to flying a plane. Get to grips with how hardware and software work, and discover how engineers are creating robots to help us out on Earth - and in space.
Kid-Engineer is the perfect introduction to the topic for budding young engineers. Each book focuses on one of the key engineering disciplines, breaking it down to make it interesting and accessible for young readers. Simple step-by-step activities bring the learning to life and encourage readers to develop their own engineering and design skills.
Great reading for aspiring engineers aged 8 and above.
Other titles in the series include:
Energy
Buildings and Structures
Machines
Transport & Aerospace
Materials
More details
Series
Edition
Illustrated edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 11 years
Edition type
Illustrated edition
Dimensions
Height: 270 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5263-1319-5 (9781526313195)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Sonya Newland has written and edited many books for children and young people, specialising in science, history and the natural world.
Content
1: Rise of the machines
2: Hardware and software
3: You're the engineer: binary beads
4: Printed circuit boards
5: Big data
6: Amazing algorithms
7: You're the engineer: Understanding algorithms
8: Helpful robots
9: You're the engineer: Build a brushbot
10: Where humans can't go
11: You're the engineer: robotic arm
12: Artificial intelligence
13: What does the future hold
14: Glossary
15: Further information
16: Index
2: Hardware and software
3: You're the engineer: binary beads
4: Printed circuit boards
5: Big data
6: Amazing algorithms
7: You're the engineer: Understanding algorithms
8: Helpful robots
9: You're the engineer: Build a brushbot
10: Where humans can't go
11: You're the engineer: robotic arm
12: Artificial intelligence
13: What does the future hold
14: Glossary
15: Further information
16: Index