Excellent Engineering: 35 amazing constructions you can build at home

by Rob Beattie, Sam Peet (Illustrator)

Overview

Learn to make a bottle submarine, a smartphone boombox, a weather vane and more with this brilliant book of simple projects to do at home using everyday materials! Illustrated throughout and with step-by-step instructions, this book makes science fun and is a must for young engineers!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781786039538
Publisher:	words & pictures
Publication date:	02/19/2019
Series:	STEAM Activities
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	22 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	7 - 11 Years

About the Author

Rob Beattie is a professional writer and life-long camper and angler. He has written numerous titles on a wide range of outdoor activities, including: The Pocket Survival Guide, The Campsite Companion: All You Need to Know for Life in the Great Outdoors, The Boating Companion: All You Need to Know for Life on the Open Water, and The Fishing Handbook (published in the UK as 101 Golden Rules of Fishing). All have been published internationally and translated into several languages. He lives in the seaside city of Brighton, England.

Sam Peet is an illustrator who works on a wide range of projects, from editorial illustration to large scale murals. www.sampeet.com

Rob Beattie is a professional writer and life-long camper and angler. He has written numerous titles on a wide range of outdoor activities, including: The Pocket Survival Guide, The Campsite Companion: All You Need to Know for Life in the Great Outdoors, The Boating Companion: All You Need to Know for Life on the Open Water, and The Fishing Handbook (published in the UK as 101 Golden Rules of Fishing). All have been published internationally and translated into several languages. He lives with his wife and children in the seaside city of Brighton, England.

Table of Contents

Intro
Key equipment
Paper Pillars
Newton’s Cradle
The Simple Circuit
Crafty Catapult
Tower of Triangles
Hi-tech Hand
The Paper Loudspeaker
Geodesic Dome
Jumping Marbles
Home-made Nightlight
Engineer’s Arm
The Bouncing Bridge
Weather Vane
Magnetic Spinner
Double Cup Flyer
Marble Roller Coaster
Clothesline Flyer
Electric Spinner
Paper Popper
Robot Artist
The Bottle Rocket
The Marble Maze
Supersonic Straw
The Dancing Robot
The Bottle Submarine
The Hanging Arch
Elastic Band Boat
The Electric Lightshow
Balloon Racer
The Trembling Tower
The Bottle Blaster
The Big Dipper
The Wave Machine
Smartphone Boombox
The Simple Machines
Glossary
Index