Cardboard Box Engineering: Cool, Inventive Projects for Tinkerers, Makers & Future Scientists

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Young tinkerers and makers will find creative ways to use cardboard boxes, sheets, and tubes in easily-engineered projects, including awesome gadgets, toys, games, inventions, and sculptures. Cardboard is everywhere! For creative kids aged 9 to 14, it's the perfect eco-friendly building material, and Cardboard Box Engineering is the perfect guide to get them started on inventive tinkering. A working kaleidoscope, a marble roller coaster, a robotic hand, and a wind-powered tractor with cardboard gears are just some of the ingenious projects developed by Jonathan Adolph, author of the best-selling Mason Jar Science. Working with simple household tools, kids can follow the step-by-step photographic instructions to exercise their design smarts, expand their 3-D thinking, and learn the basics of physics and engineering with activities that have real-life applications. AGES: 9 to 14 AUTHOR: Jonathan Adolphis the author of Cardboard Box Engineering and the best-selling Mason Jar Science. As the former editor of the award-winning FamilyFun magazine, he developed hundreds of "stealth learning" games and kitchen-science activities during his 20-year career. He specialises in making technical information fun for kids and is an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Massachusetts. He lives with his family in Amherst, Massachusetts. SELLING POINTS: . Inventive projects from the best-selling author of Mason Jar Science. Jonathan Adolph brings his expertise in creating fun, accessible science projects for kids to the topic of building with cardboard. . Great tool for STEAM education, science fair projects, and school, library, and makerspace programming. Projects emphasize hands-on building; learning the basic principles of engineering, physics, and animatronics; and problem-solving. . Cardboard is inexpensive, accessible, and eco-friendly. Sturdier than paper, easier to cut than wood, cardboard is the ideal engineering material for kids to work with.

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"I really wish I'd had a book like this when I was a kid, and I think any young person who gets their hands on this book is really lucky. Who knows what kind of awesomeness this will inspire I can't think of a better way to get kids away from screens and working with their hands, thinking, and inventing. This book might even change the world!" -- Christian Ristow, robotic sculpture artist

"STEAM activities, such as the ones featured throughout the text, foster creativity, problem-solving, and teach the value of repurposing items... An engaging addition to any "How To" section. This book could be an exciting resource for students and teachers."
-- School Library Journal

Author Bio

Jonathan Adolph is the author of Cardboard Box Engineering and the best-selling Mason Jar Science. As the former editor of the award-winning FamilyFun magazine, he developed hundreds of "stealth learning" games and kitchen-science activities during his 20-year career. He specializes in making technical information fun for kids and is an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Massachusetts. He lives with his family in Amherst, Massachusetts.