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Create fascinating gizmos from simple electronics and household items, from a gravity-powered car to a light-up backpack to a geodesic mini greenhouse. This highly practical handbook is packed with guidance, tips and inspiration for making simple but clever gadgets that will give kids a real sense of achievement, as well as impressing friends and parents with their skills. The perfect book for fun STEM projects to keep kids busy when they're stuck indoors, or for home-schooling inspiration. Page after page of makes allow budding engineers and inventors to pick and choose projects that suit their interests and skill level. Each project comes with a short explanation of the science behind it, and every stage is heavily illustrated and photographed to ensure that following the instructions is easy and fun. Parents might learn something, too!Contents:Bionic Bots: Bug Bot; Hydraulic arm; Walking robot.Mega Movers: Rubber band boat; Gravity-powered car; Paper plane launcher; Remote-controlled car.Home Helpers: Solar night-light; Light-up greetings cards.Out and About: Glowing backpack; Light-up shoes.Mini-verse: Mini geodesic biodome; Mini basketball game; Mini motorised Ferris wheel.

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A one-of-a-kind project book that turns into 30 incredible inventions.Most books are just meant to be read. But this is no ordinary book. This book turns itself into rockets, code-breakers, bionic hands, balancing acrobats, demolition balls, constellation viewers, and many more ingenious human inventions. Each invention is introduced very simply with the scientific and engineering principles behind it, and all the templates, tips, and instructions to create it yourself. A pull-out Inventors Handbook includes easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions and clever hacks to help every young inventor achieve success. 30 INVENTIONS: Make amazing inventions from rockets and code-breakers to bionic hands and dozens more! TIPS AND TEMPLATES: With just a few easy-to-find household items and the included templates, young inventors can get started on the projects right away. FOR INVENTORS OF ALL AGES: Activities can be completed by children on their own, with friends, or guided by adults. SUPPORTS STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, math, and making): Learn scientific and engineering principles with hands-on projects and hacks. ENCOURAGES INNOVATION: Young inventors will develop their creativity and problem-solving skills, empowering them to tinker, build, and create.

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