Kinetic Contraptions: Build a Hovercraft, Airboat, and More with a Hobby Motor

The projects look to be solid, but the poorly printed black and white images make it an unappealing book to the kids in my classroom. I wish it were printed in color.

Great read.

I found this book clear and easy to follow. The projects were well within the range of my 10 to 14 year-old students, and we had many successful adventures building and tinkering with the "roaches." We used this book as curriculum for enrichment activities at our after-school program, and did not find it overly technical. On the contrary, many of the projects are whimsical and straight-out fun. Our session became one of the most popular in the program. I'd recommend it to anyone looking to good fun with some motors, batteries, wire, tape and Popsicle sticks!

Proprio non riesco a digerire i libri di questo editore: visto che nelle prerogative c'è quello di insegnare a costruire qualcosa mi apetterei uno schema, delle misure, invece bisogna immaginarsi parecchio, anche grazie alle foto in bianco e nero, scure e per niente leggibili. Di tutto il libro, con i miei studenti, ho utilizzato un'idea sola, ma magari sono io che ho delle difficoltà o poca fantasia.