Make Cool Gadgets for Your Room (Popular Mechanics for Kids, 30) - Tapa dura

Reseña del editor

How to make neat stuff for your room!

Power up your favorite stuffed animal, build your own electronic alarm box or make a one-of-a-kind Flashy Key Chain you won't find in any store. These are terrific projects kids can create with Make Cool Gadgets for Your Room!

Others include:

• Flashing and buzzing doorbell
• Motorized toy animal
• Secret code machine
• Quiz game

Using inexpensive, easily obtained tools and materials, children can build six awesome gadgets. The step-by-step instructions and colorful, detailed diagrams ensure success and sidebars offer fascinating facts while the glue dries.

Make Cool Gadgets for Your Room builds on the success of the Popular Mechanics for Kids™ brand. The critically acclaimed Popular Mechanics for Kids™ television series is broadcast six days a week on Discovery Kids, and the website (pmkids.com) draws fans.

Biografía del autor

Amy Pinchuk, a doctor of engineering, is uniquely qualified to create these innovative, high-quality Popular Mechanics for Kidsâ„¢ books. In addition to running her own consulting firm, which specializes in high-tech communication and navigation systems, Amy is also involved with the European Space Agency, Canadian Navy, Natural Sciences Research Council and is a professor of engineering at McGill University. Amy enjoys raising and riding horses, stone sculpting, photography and skiing. She is also the very involved mother of four active kids. She lives just outside Montreal, Quebec.