Explore Makerspace!: With 25 Great Projects - Softcover

Klepeis, Alicia Z

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1619305666 ISBN 13: 9781619305663

Publisher: Nomad Press, 2017

Synopsis

Bridges, furniture, musical instruments, games, vehicles―all of these things were invented and improved upon by people who love to put stuff together, take stuff apart, and figure out how things work!

In Explore Makerspace! With 25 Great Projects, readers ages 7 through 10 explore what it means to be an engineer. They discover how inventors use science, art, and math to create new and exciting structures, games, and more. Readers also learn how to set up their own makerspaces at home, using inexpensive and easy-to-find supplies for their tinkering projects.

Humans have been inventors throughout history. From the wheel to the rocket, scientists and other engineers have designed new technologies that have made daily life easier and stretched our horizons far beyond our own atmosphere. But inventions don’t have to be full of computer chips or other sophisticated parts. Designing the fastest toy car made from recycled materials can be just as thrilling!

Makerspaces can be found in schools, libraries, community centers, and homes all around the country. These are places where both children and adults can work with materials and use the engineer design process to come up with new ideas. Here, imagination, art, and logic combine to produce lasting lessons in science, math, and physics.

In Explore Makerspace! With 25 Great Projects, readers learn how to think proactively when faced with a challenge and discover the trial-and-error processes that lead to new discoveries. They find out about the motivation behind some of the world’s most amazing inventions. Through STEAM projects ranging from designing a bridge to creating board games and musical instruments, children discover how to be an engineer.

About this title

Book Description

·$40,000 marketing and publicity budget (for series)

·Exhibiting at national and regional conferences including:
·American Library Association (ALA: 60,000 members)

·National Science Teacher Association/STEM (NSTA: 60,000 members)

·American Association of School Librarians (AASL: 10,000 members)

·Public Library Association (PLA: 11,000 members)

·Texas Library Association (TLA: 7,000 members)

·National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS: 25,000 members)

·International Literacy Association (ILA: 60,000 members)

·Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE: 40,000 members)

·Advertising in the following publications: SLJ display ads (3–4 times for series)

·Booklist/Booklinks display ads (3–4 times)

·Booklist/Booklinks online ads Follett Library Ingram (Children's Advance 2 times)

·Baker & Taylor (Growing Minds)

·Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking engagements at bookstores, libraries, schools, museums, events, and conferences. Extensive social media outreach via author website (aliciaklepeis.com), author blog (blog.aliciaklepeis.com), Twitter(@AliciaKlepeis), Facebook (www.facebook.com/AliciaZKlepeiswriter), Pinterest (www.pinterest.com/aklepeis), Instagram (aliciaklepeis), Goodreads, and LinkedIn.

About the Author

Alicia Z. Klepeis is a children’s author of both nonfiction and fiction. Her titles include The World’s Strangest Foods, Bizarre Things We’ve Called Medicine, and Understanding Turkey Today. She has also written more than 100 articles in magazines such as National Geographic Kids and FACES. She lives with her family in Hamilton, New York. Matt Aucoin hold's a master's of fine art from the Center for Cartoon Studies and teaches drawing to preschool-age children. He lives in Windsor, VT.

About this edition

• Publisher: Nomad Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1619305666
• ISBN 13: 9781619305663
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• Illustrator: Aucoin Matt