Backyard Rockets: Stomp Rockets, Catapults & Kaleidoscopes

With the hands-on Backyard Rockets kit, you will learn how ordinary objects operate by building your very own models. Projects include building a working model of the human hand’s muscles, bones, and tendons using drinking straws, tape, and string; using a pair of two-liter bottles and a length of rubber tubing to learn how a toilet flushes; and discovering how musical instruments make sounds by fashioning a harmonica, saxophone, drum, flute, or oboe. All devices are designed to use recycle...