Make this! : building, thinking, and tinkering projects for the amazing maker in you

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Title:

Make this! : building, thinking, and tinkering projects for the amazing maker in you

Author:

Schwartz, Ella, 1974- author.

ISBN:

9781426333248

9781426333255

Physical Description:

157 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.

Series:

National Geographic kids.

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Simple machines -- Materials -- Systems -- Optics -- Energy -- Acoustics -- Forces -- Motion.

What Is a Maker? -- Makerspaces and Makerboxes -- Dissect a Toy Challenge -- Rolling Pin Pulley -- Pencil Pusher -- Belt Mover -- Skee-Ball Challenge -- Archimedes' Screw -- Power Colors -- Rescue a Dinosaur -- Clean & Clear -- Walking Water -- Water From Leaves -- Marble Maze Challenge -- Rain Forest in a Bottle -- Rube Goldberg Machine -- Reflection Target Practice -- Color Kaleidoscope -- Scoping the Scene -- All the Colors of the Rainbow -- Tiny Things -- Zoom Out -- Portable Power -- Magnetize It! -- Sun Stove -- Solar Updraft Tower -- String Phone -- Silly Noisemaker -- Sound Wave Stethoscope -- Kazoo -- Guitar -- Drums -- Xylophone -- Water Balloon Helmet -- Catapult -- Ball Launcher -- Tower Challenge -- Roman Arch -- Truss Bridge -- Fidget Spinner -- Balloon Car -- Stomp Rocket -- Straw Rocket -- Hovercraft --

Reading Level:

920 L Lexile

Subject Term:

Science -- Experiments.

Added Corporate Author:

National Geographic Kids (Firm),

National Geographic Society (U.S.).

Summary:

Instructions for creating items using scientific methods. --

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Create your maker space with this fun and instructive book, chock-full of hands-on activities and cool experiments to get kids thinking and tinkering.

This book is designed to inspire the next generation of engineers and supports all kinds of kid creators- those who prefer guided instruction, those who prefer to dream up and design objects on their own, and everyone in between. With thoughtful text and bright illustrations, kids get the tools and the know-how to tackle all kinds of exciting projects- building a kaleidoscope, designing a fidget spinner, planting a rain forest, creating a musical instrument, and more. Unconventional scenarios inspired by real National Geographic explorers give kids a chance to think outside the box and apply their maker skills to real life. Chapters are divided up by scientific principle, such as simple machines, energy, and forces. In each chapter, kids can start by following step-by-step activities, or get creative by tackling an open-ended challenge. Helpful sidebars explain the science behind what's happening every step of the way.

Make This! is perfect for curious and STEM-loving kids, families looking for a fun way to play together, and anyone else who's ready to get creative and start tinkering!

Author Notes

ELLA SCHWARTZ received two degrees in engineering from Columbia University. She works as a cybersecurity warrior, helping to keep the Internet safe. Schwartz writes fiction and nonfiction books for young readers with a focus on STEM. When she's not working, writing, or training to run a marathon, she volunteers on outreach initiatives to promote women in science and improve science literacy.

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The book's subtitle covers its content, and with 160 pages, that's a lot. The book is divided into chapters covering simple machines, acoustics, optics, energy, systems, and forces, and it features projects such as a rolling-pin pulley, string phone, color kaleidoscope, and balloon car. Some of the projects are common enough in similar books that readers will already be familiar with them, but this casts a wider net, though some of the projects seem oddly simplistic. For instance, rescuing a dinosaur involves putting a plastic dino in water, freezing it, and after removing it from the cup, deciding how you will rescue the dinosaur. Executing the projects is explained clearly, step-by-step, and the informational color insets make absorbing extra information easy. There are also final spreads that ask kids to put on their thinking (and imagination) caps, asking, for instance, how to solve the mosquito problem as you try to observe gorillas in the wild. Big and bright, interspersed with Quick Facts pages, this will give ideas to parents, teachers, and librarians as well as kids.--Ilene Cooper Copyright 2019 Booklist

Foreword	p. 6
What is a Maker?	p. 8
Makerspaces and Makerboxes	p. 10
Dissect a Toy Challenge	p. 12
How to Use This Book	p. 14
Chapter 1 Simple Machines	p. 16
Quick Facts	p. 18
Rolling Pin Pulley	p. 20
Pencil Pusher	p. 22
Belt Mover	p. 24
Skee-Ball Challenge	p. 26
Archimedes Screw	p. 28
Solve This!	p. 30
Chapter 2 Materials	p. 32
Quick Facts	p. 34
Power Colors	p. 36
Rescue a Dinosaur	p. 38
Clean & Clear	p. 40
Walking Water	p. 42
Solve This!	p. 44
Chapter 3 Systems	p. 46
Quick Facts	p. 48
Water From Leaves	p. 50
Marble Maze Challenge	p. 52
Rain Forest in a Bottle	p. 54
Rube Goldberg Machine	p. 56
Solve This!	p. 58
Chapter 4 Optics	p. 60
Quick Facts	p. 62
Reflection Target Practice	p. 64
Color Kaleidoscope	p. 66
Scoping the Scene	p. 68
All the Colors of the Rainbow	p. 70
Tiny Things	p. 72
Zoom Out	p. 74
Solve This!	p. 76
Chapter 5 Energy	p. 78
Quick Facts	p. 80
Portable Power	p. 82
Magnetize It!	p. 84
Sun Stove	p. 86
Solar Updraft Tower	p. 90
Solve This!	p. 92
Chapter 6 Acoustics	p. 94
Quick Facts	p. 96
String Phone	p. 98
Silly Noisemaker	p. 100
Sound Wave Stethoscope	p. 102
Drums	p. 108
Xylophone	p. 110
Solve This!	p. 112
Chapter 7 Forces	p. 114
Quick Facts	p. 116
Water Balloon Helmet	p. 118
Catapult	p. 120
Ball Launcher	p. 122
Tower Challenge	p. 124
Roman Arch	p. 126
Truss Bridge	p. 128
Fidget Spinner	p. 130
Solve This!	p. 134
Chapter 8 Motion	p. 136
Quick Facts	p. 138
Balloon Car	p. 140
Stomp Rocket	p. 142
Straw Rocket	p. 146
Hovercraft	p. 148
Solve This!	p. 150
Afterword	p. 152
Making in the Field	p. 154
Photo & Illustration Credits	p. 156

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