10-Minute Engineering Projects

by Sarah L. Schuette

Overview

Searching for easy engineering projects for your makerspace? You've come to the right place! From winches and gears to bridges and marble runs, these 10-minute STEM projects will have kids making in no time!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781543590937
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2020
Series:	10-Minute Makers
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	IG700L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Sarah Schuette has written nearly 80 nonfiction children's books with themes relating to character values, cooking, family relationships, and the popular Spot It seek and find titles. Sarah began her career as an editor and eventually moved into photo shoot styling. She loves finding props, cooking, and styling the food that appears in the photographs in her books.

Interviews

Quick makerspace projects; Projects require minimal adult supervision; Fun projects and activities that kids will want to make

Editorial Reviews

04/01/2020

Gr 3–5—Most of the 13 projects in each book are easily completed in a short time—with the exception of 10-Minute Yarn Projects and a few of the examples in 10-Minute Engineering Projects. Bright colors and helpful process photos invite crafters into projects both decorative and useful. Some projects encourage (or even require) a fair amount of improvisation. 10-Minute Paper Projects assumes that every young crafter is extremely adept at using scissors and cutting. 10-Minute Science Projects includes well-considered mini-experiments; 10-Minute Engineering Projects offers interesting but sometimes rickety structural challenges. 10-Minute Duct Tape, Art, and Yarn Projects feature familiar as well as remixed versions of classic crafts—friendship bracelets made of yarn but also duct tape beads; painted rocks but also a yarn-wrapped version. VERDICT Lots of uses for classic craft materials in these friendly books.

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