Make Amazing Toy and Game Gadgets (Popular Mechanics for Kids, 30) - Tapa dura

Fun to play. More fun to make.

This original and richly informative book motivates kids to get mechanical and make very entertaining gadgets and games.

Fun projects using easy-to-find materials include:

• Lightbox
• Flashing jewelry
• Blinking sunglasses
• Spy camera
• Buzzer game

The author provides loads of color photographs and helpful step-by-step diagrams to ensure successful projects. Handy troubleshooting tips spot problems before the job is done. This lively activity book is any budding engineer's delight.

Make Amazing Toy and Game Gadgets builds on the success of the Popular Mechanics for Kids™ brand. The critically acclaimed Popular Mechanics for Kids™ television series can been seen six days a week on Discovery Kids, and the website (pmkids.com) continues to draw fans.

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.