Making Inventive Wooden Toys: 27 Wild & Wacky Projects Ideal for STEAM Education

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What does woodworking have to do with physics and fun Youre about to find out! Making Inventive Wooden Toys is filled with high-octane, exciting, and slightly wacky toys for kids and parents to build together. These creative projects combine ingenuity and woodworking with real-life lessons in science, technology, engineering, art, and mathaka STEAM. Have fun building 27 easy-to-make wooden action toys that can do extraordinary things, like the Desk Top Rocket, the Anti-Gravity Box, the Ping Pong Ball Explosion, the Gator Snap, or the Horizontal Wheel-Top Racer. Youll find theres a secret treasure buried deep within each project as they bring science to life and actually demonstrate the laws of physics right before your eyes!

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Bob Gilsdorf is a third-generation woodworker who is active in the Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, and Young Life organizations. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.