The Big Book of Makerspace Projects: Inspiring Makers to Experiment, Create, and Learn
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Start-to-finish, fun projects for makers of all types, ages, and skill levels! This easy-to-follow guide features dozens of DIY, low-cost projects that will arm you with the skills necessary to dream up and build your own creations. The Big Book of Makerspace Projects: Inspiring Makers to Experiment, Create, and Learn offers practical tips for beginners and open-ended challenges for advanced makers. Each project features non-technical, step-by-step instructions with photos and illustrations to ensure success and expand your imagination. You will learn recyclables hacks, smartphone tweaks, paper circuits, e-textiles, musical instruments, coding and programming, 3-D printing, and much, much more! Discover how to create: * Brushbot warriors, scribble machines, and balloon hovercrafts * Smartphone illusions, holograms, and projections * Paper circuits, origami, greeting cards, and pop-ups * Dodgeball, mazes, and other interesting Scratch games * Organs, guitars, and percussion instruments * Sewed LED bracelets, art cuffs, and Arduino stuffie * Makey Makey and littleBits gadgets * Programs for plug-and-play and Bluetooth-enabled robots * 3D design and printing projects and enhancements
Maker Lab
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As seen on Kim Kardashian's Instagram Supporting STEAM education initiatives and the Maker Movement, the National Parenting Publication Award-winner Maker Lab includes 28 kid-safe projects and crafts that will get young inventors' wheels turning and make science pure fun. Each step-by-step activity is appropriate for kids ages 8-12, and ranked easy, medium, or hard, with an estimated time frame for completion. Requiring only household materials, young makers can build an exploding volcano, race balloon rocket cars, construct a lemon battery, make sticky slime, and more. Photographs and facts carefully detail the "why" and "how" of each experiment using real-world examples to provide context so kids can gain a deeper understanding of the scientific principles applied. With a foreword by Jack Andraka, a teen award-winning inventor, Maker Lab will help kids find their inner inventor and create winning projects for school projects, science fairs, and beyond.