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

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. 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. 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. 1 The Science of Engineering 2 Mechanical Marvels: Robotics & Animatronics Extending Grabber Robotic Hand Flying Pterodactyl Swinging Monkey 3 Sights & Sounds: Audio & Optical Engineering Cup Amplifier Hollering Horn Amplifier Box Periscope Kaleidoscope 4 Built to Move: Aeronautics & Nautical Engineering Simple Spinner: Twisted Propeller Three-Wing Boomerang Rocket Blaster Missile Helicopter Soaring Sailplane Paddlewheel Boat 5 Elegant Design: Mechanical Engineering Floating Hummingbird Rolling Roller Coaster Air Cannon Hand-Made Spin Art Chain Reaction Station 6 We've Got the Power: Harnessing Energy Big Wheel Solar Cooker Wind-Powered Tractor 7 Serious Fun: Game Design Tabletop Straw Soccer Shoebox Hockey Bouncy Skee Ball Personalized Pinball Calling All Inventors! Design, tinker, and build your own outside-the-box creations. Using the science of engineering, you can turn cardboard boxes, cartons, and tubes into games, airplanes, robots, and more. Boost sound with a Cup Amplifier Reach out with a robotic Extending Grabber Use physics to run a Rolling Roller Coaster Master game design with Tabletop Straw Soccer!