I Can Make Remarkable Robots (Rookie Star: Makerspace Projects) - Softcover

Holzweiss, Kristina A.; Barth, Amy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0531238792 ISBN 13: 9780531238790

Publisher: Children's Press, 2017

Synopsis

Learn about vibration, opposable thumbs, and tension-and meet some robotics pioneers.

Easy-to-follow instructions help kids discover how to make a drawbot, a robotic hand, and a robotic arm.

About this title

About the Author

Kristina A. Holzweiss is a high school educational technology enrichment specialist on Long Island, New York. She shares ideas and resources about her school library and makerspaces on her website bunheadwithducttape.com. Kristina was named the School Library Journal Librarian of the Year in 2015, a National School Board 2016 - 2017 "20 to Watch" emerging education technology leader, and a 2018 Library Journal Mover & Shaker. She is also the winner of the 2015 NYSCATE Lee Bryant Outstanding Teacher Award and 2015 Long Island Technology Summit Fred Podolski Leadership and Innovation Award.

Kristina is the President of the nonprofit organization Long Island LEADS (longislandleaders.org), a community effort to learn, educate, advocate, develop, and support the maker movement and STEAM education (science, technology, engineering, art, and math). Long Island LEADS is a founding member of the Nation of Makers. In 2015 she founded SLIME - Students of Long Island Maker Expo (slimemakerexpo.com) where schools, libraries, museums, nonprofit organizations, civic associations, and educational companies can celebrate creativity and innovation.

Kristina is an international speaker on the libraries and the Maker Movement, and has presented at conferences including ISTE, AASL, ALA, and NYSCATE. In 2016 she was invited to represent Long Island, NY in Washington, D.C. during the National Week of Making.

Edition details

• Publisher: Children's Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0531238792
• ISBN 13: 9780531238790
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32