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Testing materials in my makerspace / Rebecca Sjonger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sjonger, Rebecca, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Materials--Properties--Juvenile literature.
- Materials.
- Materials--Testing--Juvenile literature.
- Materials--Experiments--Juvenile literature.
- Makerspaces--Juvenile literature.
- Makerspaces.
- Place of Publication:
- Crabtree Publishing Company
- Summary:
- "Children will enjoy this intriguing book, which uses the principles of Makerspace to introduce them to how the properties of materials make them best suited for different purposes. Simple text describes how the properties of materials, such as transparency and buoyancy, relate to their uses. Readers are then provided with strategies to start their own creative projects using the ideas they have learned--especially related to testing the uses of materials. Along the way, tips and helpful hints guide children on how to brainstorm and solve problems working as a team."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- You can be a maker!
- Matter and materials
- Exploring properties
- Testing: one, two, three!
- Maker tips
- Does it absorb?
- Make it repel
- Hot or cold?
- Make it cool-and warm!
- How strong is it?
- Make a strong structure
- What happens in water?
- Make it float
- Endless ideas.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 1-4271-2048-X
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