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Build your own chain reaction machines : how to make crazy contraptions using everyday stuff : creative kid-powered projects! / Paul Long.
"With Build Your Own Chain Reaction Machines, you'll create twelve zany and awesome mechanical contraptions using stuff from around the house"-- Provided by publisher.
"Build Your Own Chain Reaction Machines is inspired by the amazing artwork of renowned cartoonist, engineer, and inventor Rube Goldberg, whose wacky, imagined machines accomplished tasks by taking the most complicated route possible. This book invites kids to this wonderful world of creating crazy contraptions. In this entertaining and instructive book, mechanical engineer and educator Paul Long gives step-by-step instructions for making low-tech devices using everyday objects in inspired and ingenious ways. Create machines that flip a light switch, squeeze toothpaste, dispense candy, make music, and more. Each of the thirteen projects demonstrates how to build the machine's various elements, and explains how they work together to make a mind-boggling mechanism that delivers hours of fun and fascination. Also included are interesting sidebars on the science behind each gadget, plus tips and tricks for success. Build Your Own Chain Reaction Machines gives you the know-how to start your own fantastic chain reactions.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781631595264
- ISBN: 1631595261
- Physical Description: 159 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Publisher: Beverly, MA : Quarry Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | A "Quarto Knows" title |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 157). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Essential tools, techniques, and mechanisms -- Machines for around the house -- Machines for fun and nonsense -- Machines for food. |
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- 9 of 10 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Juniata County Library | J 621.8 LON (Text) | 39640100566627 | JUNM Juvenile Non-Fiction | Checked Out | 06/05/2024 |
| Martin Library | Kids 621.8 LON Nonfiction (Text) | 33454005692736 | Childrens Area | Available | - |
| Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity | J 621.8 LON 2018 (Text)
Bookplate:
Donated In Memory of Joey McCallum by Karen Pearson, 2018 (NAZB)
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31001101736859 | Juvenile Non Fiction | Available | - |
| Tamaqua Public Library | PB J 621.8 LO (Text) | 30TPL001843125 | Juvenile | Available | - |
| Whitehall Township Public Library | J 621.8 LONG (Text) | 36305002852508 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bethlehem South Side Branch | j621.8 (Text) | 33062009643454 | Juv Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Easton Main Library | JUV 621.8 L (Text) | 31901004343127 | Juv Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hughes Library | J621.8 LON (Text) | 32378004791978 | Juv Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Pocono Township Branch | J621.8 LON (Text) | 32378004791937 | Juv Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Smithfield Branch | J621.8 LON (Text) | 32378004791895 | Juv Nonfiction | Available | - |
