Cardboard box engineering : cool, inventive projects for tinkerers, makers & future scientists / Jonathan Adolph.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781635862140
- ISBN: 9781635863604
- ISBN: 1635863600
- Physical Description: 175 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour photographs ; 28 cm
- Publisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "Cool inventive projects for tinkerers, makers & future scientists"--Front cover.Includes index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The science of engineering. Why cardboard? ; Know your cardboard ; The art of cutting ; Putting it all together ; Tricks of the trade -- Mechanical marvels : robotics & animatronics. Extending grabber ; Robotic hand ; Flying pterodactyl ; Swinging monkey -- Sights and sounds : audio & optical engineering. Cup amplifier ; Box periscope ; Kaleidoscope -- Built to move : aeronautics & natural engineering. Twisted propeller ; Three-wing boomerang ; Rocket blaster ; Missile helicopter ; Soaring sailplane ; Paddle-wheel boat -- Elegant design : mechanical engineering. Floating hummingbird ; Rolling roller coaster ; Air cannon ; Handmade spin art -- We've got the power : harnessing energy. Big wheel ; Solar cooker ; Wind-powered tractor -- Serious fun : game design. Tabletop straw soccer ; Chain reaction ; Bouncy skee ball.
- Target Audience Note:
- Ages 9-14. Storey Publishing.Grades 4-6. Storey Publishing.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Old Fort Branch Library | JUV 745.54 ADO (Text) | 37810435627574 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
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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.
