Put a Fan in Your Hat!: Inventions, Contraptions and Gadgets Kids Can Build - Softcover

Carrow, Robert S.

9780070116580: Put a Fan in Your Hat!: Inventions, Contraptions and Gadgets Kids Can Build

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007011658X ISBN 13: 9780070116580

Publisher: TAB Books Inc, 1996

When children are challenged and motivated, they become increasingly receptive to learning. That's the premise of this innovative book filled with creative and thought provoking projects. Besides providing 12 ultra--neat projects such as battery--operated, air--conditioned hat to keep them cool in summer, it encourages them to invent their own contraptions.Middle school children will have a blast building these nifty inventions, contraptions, and gadgets--some practical, some whimsical--that automate their world while they learn basic scientific principles. They will love impressing their friends and have fun using all of these easy--to--build projects, which include: Automatic fish feederShoe bufferDrink mixerJewelry carouselSolar--powered hot dog cookerFountain with lightsWith the help of step--by--step explanations and fun, instructive drawings children will learn how to use recycled toys and other common household items to create each invention. And, at each turn, the book encourages them to experiment with variations on each project, leading them to come up with their own creative inventions.

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Synopsis:

This text presents 15 projects for kids, including putting fans in their hats, a multigeared conveyer belt, and a drink mixer. Along the way, children will also put to practical use the science principles each project is designed to teach. and they will have recycled toys and other items.

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