Maker Lab - 28 Super Cool Projects Build, Invent, Create, Discover (DK Smithsonian)





Book Details

Category: Children
Number of Pages: 162
Language: English
Publisher: DK Publishing Ltd
Series: Maker Lab
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7



About the Book

Supporting STEAM education initiatives and the Maker Movement, the National Parenting Publication Award-winner Maker Lab includes 28 kid-safe projects and crafts that will get young inventors' wheels turning and make science pure fun.

Each step-by-step activity is appropriate for kids ages 8-12, and ranked easy, medium, or hard, with an estimated time frame for completion. Requiring only household materials, young makers can build an exploding volcano, race balloon rocket cars, construct a lemon battery, make sticky slime, and more. Photographs and facts carefully detail the "why" and "how" of each experiment using real-world examples to provide context so kids can gain a deeper understanding of the scientific principles applied.

With a foreword by Jack Andraka, a teen award-winning inventor, Maker Lab will help kids find their inner inventor and create winning projects for school projects, science fairs, and beyond.


Industry Reviews

"Offers a plethora of engaging projects that will capture the attention and curiosity of students from lower elementary (with guidance) through high school." -- School Library Journal

..".what sets this book apart is that each experiment is accompanied by real-world applications that tie new observations to kids' existing understanding and offer endless opportunities for STEM-related discussions." -- Booklist

"[An] accessible and wide-ranging exploration of multiple aspects of the sciences." -- Publishers Weekly