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Janice VanCleave's Engineering for Every Kid: Easy Activities That Make Learning Science Fun
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Now you can discover the answers to these and many other fascinating questions about engineering for yourself with this fun-filled resource. Janice VanCleave's Engineering for Every Kid presents entertaining, challenging experiments and activities to help you understand the different types of engineering there are—including structural, solar, electrical, and chemical—and how each is applied to real world everyday situations.

Each of the activities is broken down into its purpose, a list of easy-to-find materials, step-by-step instructions, expected results, and a simple scientific explanation. Plus, the book's 25 projects can easily be used in the classroom, as the basis of a science fair project, or at home just for fun!

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Janice VanCleave. (2011). Janice VanCleave's Engineering for Every Kid: Easy Activities That Make Learning Science Fun. Wiley.

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Janice VanCleave. 2011. Janice VanCleave's Engineering for Every Kid: Easy Activities That Make Learning Science Fun. Wiley.

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Each of the activities is broken down into its purpose, a list of easy-to-find materials, step-by-step instructions, expected results, and a simple scientific explanation. Plus, the book's 25 projects can easily be used in the classroom, as the basis of a science fair project, or at home just for fun!

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Each of the activities is broken down into its purpose, a list of easy-to-find materials, step-by-step instructions, expected results, and a simple scientific explanation. Plus, the book's 25 projects can easily be used in the classroom, as the basis of a science fair project, or at home just for fun!

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    Introduction 1

    1. Push and Pull 5

    Structural Engineering

    2. Blast Off 11

    Aerospace Engineering

    3. Up and Away 19

    Aeronautical Engineering

    4. Up and Down 27

    Roller-Coaster Engineering

    5. Coming Through 35

    Solar Engineering

    6. Easy Listening 43

    Acoustical Engineering

    7. Stop and Go 51

    Electrical Engineering

    8. Directors 59

    Optical Engineering

    9. Recover 67

    Petroleum Engineering

    10. Break Out 73

    Nuclear Engineering

    11. New Stuff 81

    Chemical Engineering

    12. Hot Stuff 87

    Fire Protection Engineering

    13. Brighter 95

    Product Development Engineering

    14. Primary 101

    Biological Engineering

    15. Shiny 107

    Metallurgical Engineering

    16. The Limit 113

    Stress Engineering

    17. Weakened 119

    Product Durability Engineering

    18. Discarded 125

    Environmental Engineering

    19. Less Is More 133

    Geotechnical Engineering

    20. Flowing Through 139

    Hydraulic Engineering

    21. Shake Up 145

    Earthquake Engineering

    22. Changes 151

    Meteorological Engineering

    23. Around and Around 159

    Hydrology Engineering

    24. Neighbors 165

    Agricultural Engineering

    25. Stringy 171

    Textile Engineering Glossary 177

    Index 197

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