Build Your Own Chain Reaction Machines: How to Make Crazy Contraptions Using Everyday Stuff--Creative Kid-Powered Projects!

Build Your Own Chain Reaction Machines: How to Make Crazy Contraptions Using Everyday Stuff--Creative Kid-Powered Projects!

<DIV><B>With <I>Build Your Own Chain Reaction Machines</I>, you’ll create thirteen zany and awesome mechanical contraptions using stuff from around the house.</B><BR /><BR /><I>Build Your Own Chain Reaction Machines</I> is inspired by the amazing artwork of renowned cartoonist, engineer, and inventor <B>Rube Goldberg</B>, whose wacky, imagined machines accomplished tasks by taking the most complicated route possible. This book invites kids to this wonderful world of creating <B>crazy contraptions</B>.<BR /><BR /> In this entertaining and instructive book, mechanical engineer and educator Paul Long gives <B>step-by-step instructions for making low-tech devices</B> using everyday objects in inspired and ingenious ways. Create machines that flip a light switch, squeeze toothpaste, dispense candy, make music, and more.<BR /><BR /> 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 <B>science behind each gadget</B>, plus tips and tricks for success.<BR /><BR /><I>Build Your Own Chain Reaction Machines </I>gives you the know-how to start your own fantastic chain reactions.</DIV>