Exciting Engineering Activities

By Angie Smibert

Educational, easy-to-do activities will teach young readers more about engineering. Using simple, easy to find materials, these activities will help readers better understand electrical engineering, structural engineering, environmental engineering, and more!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: May 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781496657022

Angie Smibert

Angie was born in Blacksburg, a once sleepy college town in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. She grew up thinking she wanted to be a veterinarian; organic chemistry had other ideas. But she always had stories in her head. Eventually, after a few degrees and few cool jobs—including a 10-year stint at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center—she wrote some of those stories down. A frequent contributor to Odyssey Magazine, Angie has published many, many short stories for both adults and teens.

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Curious Scientists: Exciting Engineering Activities by Angie Smibert

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Thinking Big

Dome Egg-speriment

Paper and Pencil Circuit

Truss Bridge

Earthquake-proof Structure

Water Filter

Cardboard Arm

Play dough Circuits

Glossary

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Index

Copyright

Back Cover

THINKING BIG

Do you often wonder how the objects around you work? When you’re stuck in traffic on a bridge, do you wonder how the bridge is holding all those cars? When the traffic light ahead changes, do you wonder how it works?

An engineer is behind all of these amazing inventions. They design, build, and test products and structures we use every day. Some engineers design and build machines and robots. Others design buildings or work with electricity. Sound amazing? You can be an engineer too! With this book, you’ll get to