Make: Paper Inventions
Make: Paper Inventions

Author: Kathy Ceceri

Publisher: Maker Media, Inc.

Published: 2015-09-08

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1457187485

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Paper is incredible stuff. It's easy to cut, but incredibly strong. It's disposable, but can last for centuries. It can stand as stiff as a board, pop up like a spring, or float like a leaf. And its invention changed the world forever. Perfect for kids, parents, and educators, Paper Inventions is a project-based book with full color illustrations, step-by-step instructions, supply lists, and templates that allow you to follow along with the book or devise something entirely new. Each chapter features new projects that will challenge and intrigue everyone, from beginning to experienced Makers. In this book, you'll learn to make: A light-up paper cat that shows how switches and sensors work An action origami robot worm Edible rice paper perfect for secret messages A space rover that moves thanks to paper machinery A paper generator that creates electricity when you tap or rub it Heat-activated paper models that fold themselves A geodesic dome big enough to crawl into--from newspaper!

Make
Make

Author: Kathy Ceceri

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781457187513

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Edible Inventions
Edible Inventions

Author: Kathy Ceceri

Publisher: Maker Media, Inc.

Published: 2016-09-02

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1680452053

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Believe it or not, there's a lot of inventing going on in the kitchen. Unless you only eat fruits and veggies right off the plant, you are using tools and techniques invented by humans to make food more tasty and easier to digest. When you cook food, you start to break it down into a form your body can absorb. When you add chemicals to make it thicker, gooey-er, or puffy-er, you turn a bunch of boring ingredients into a mouth-watering snack. Edible Inventions: Cooking Hacks and Yummy Recipes You Can Build, Mix, Bake, and Grow will show you some unusual ways to create a meal, and help you invent some of your own. Projects include: 3D printing with food Chemical cuisine and molecular gastronomy Prepared foods like jellies and pickles at home Growing your own ingredients Cooking off the grid

The Science and Inventions Creativity Book
The Science and Inventions Creativity Book

Author: Ruth Thomson

Publisher:

Published: 2012-09

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9781921977961

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Kids discover robots and rockets, make paper airplanes that fly, and devise a flip-book movie. They'll also find stacks of stickers to create science-theme sticker scenes, stencils, puzzles, coloring activities, and much more. This title in Barron's growing list of "Creativity Books" is filled with fun projects to keep kids cheerfully occupied on rainy days, on lengthy car trips, or during quiet time at home. Its features include-- Games, puzzles, stencils, sticker sheets, and an illustrated gatefold page for sticker decorating Special pull-out art paper and art projects to complete Pages for coloring Fun-to-answer quizzes Each " Creativity Book" has a distinctive theme to capture specific interests of boys and girls. Illustrations on virtually every page include 40 pages in color.

Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions
Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions

Author: Maxine Anderson

Publisher: Nomad Press

Published: 2006-07-15

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1936749157

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Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself introduces readers to the life, world, and incredible mind of Leonardo da Vinci through hands-on building projects that explore his invention ideas. Most of Leonardo's inventions were never made in his lifetime—they remained sketches in his famous notebooks. Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself shows you how to bring these ideas to life using common household supplies. Detailed step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and templates for creating each project combine with historical facts and anecdotes, biographies and trivia about the real-life models for each project. Together they give kids a first-hand look into the amazing mind of one the world’s greatest inventors.

Inventors Who Changed the World
Inventors Who Changed the World

Author: Heidi Poelman

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2018-10-01

Total Pages: 17

ISBN-13: 1641707585

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From the ranging curiosity of Leonardo da Vinci to the dedication and sacrifice of Marie Curie, Inventors Who Changed the World is a young child's first introduction to the brilliant people who taught us the meaning of perseverance and innovation. Simple text and adorable illustrations tell the contributions of nine renowned inventors from around the world: Cai Lun, Leonardo da Vinci, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Grace Hopper, Johannes Gutenberg, and Louis Pasteur. Inspire your own little inventor with the words of these inventive heroes who changed the world.

The Story of Inventions
The Story of Inventions

Author: Catherine Barr

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books

Published: 2020-03-03

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 071124538X

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This brilliant book introduces 15 of the world’s most incredible inventions to children. Using bitesize text and beautifully bright illustrations this is the perfect book for science and history lovers everywhere. The world is brimming full of incredible inventions - but where did it all begin? How did these incredible inventions come about? Journey back in time, travel across the world and discover incredible inventions from throughout history. Take a ride on the very first wheel, find your way and ensure you'll never get lost again with the compass, let the lights come on with electricity, watch as the world puffs into life with the steam engine and many more astounding inventions. Written with bite sized pieces of text and illustrated with bright and engaging artwork, this is the perfect introduction to some of the most amazing inventions that have helped make history. Learn fascinating facts about the people behind these inventions and how their discoveries changed the world forever. So what are you waiting for? Let's uncover The Story of Inventions! Inventions featured: The wheel, the compass, paper, clocks, gunpowder, steam engines, vaccinations, computers, electricity, the telephone, the car, planes, plastic, nuclear weapons and the internet.

The Invention of Solitude
The Invention of Solitude

Author: Paul Auster

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2010-11-25

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0571266746

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'One day there is life . . . and then, suddenly, it happens there is death.' So begins Paul Auster's moving and personal meditation on fatherhood. The first section, 'Portrait of an Invisible Man', reveals Auster's memories and feelings after the death of his father. In 'The Book of Memory' the perspective shifts to Auster's role as a father. The narrator, 'A', contemplates his separation from his son, his dying grandfather and the solitary nature of writing and story-telling.

Variations on Normal
Variations on Normal

Author: Dominic Wilcox

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2014-08-21

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1473521262

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Ingenious and amusing illustrated inventions from the brilliant mind of Dominic Wilcox 'I love this book. Laugh-out-loud funny. I want a salty thumb lolly now!' Harry Hill As we go about our day-to-day business, we see the same stuff every day. The bath, the fridge, the lamp post, the bicycle, the tree... so far, so humdrum. But not if you are Dominic Wilcox. Dominic sees things a little differently. For him, inside each of these everyday things are hundreds of surprising ideas waiting to be discovered. The Portable Bottom Seat, the Sick Bag Beard, Wrist Nets for the Butterfingered – Dominic's unexpected inventions, conflations and modifications promise to make your life that little bit easier, or at least more amusing. Normal will never seem quite so normal again.

MAKE
MAKE

Author: CECERI.

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9789352132331

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