4 8 CHALLENGES AND GAMES CONTENTS EXHILARATING MONSTER JAWS EXPERIMENTS WHEELIE FUN BIG BUILDS HOW TO BE AN ENGINEER PAPER CUP TELEPHONES PADDLE AWAY BLAST OFF SUPER BOING EGGS AWAY MOVIE MAKER THE SNACK EXPRESS ROLL UP ROLL UP TARGET TRAINING PINBALL WIZARD SOCCER FUN GUMDROP TOWERS CATAPULT BASKETBALL MESSY RACERS ROLLER COASTER RUN WAVE HELLO TURN THE MUSIC UP TRICK TREAT OR TERROR SAFE AND SOUND BUILD A CRANE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENGINEERS 10 12 14 16.18 20 22 24 28 30 32 34 36.38 40 44 46 50 53 56 60 64
4 can HOW TO BE AN ENGINEER It's helpful to have a notebook or journal where you can write down your notes and thoughts about your experiments and the world around you OBSERVE Carry your engineering notebook around with you and take notes on things that you see If you go for a walk write down or draw different types of buildings or vehicles you spot The more you notice about the world around you the more you'll be able to think of new questions ASK QUESTIONS How do really tall buildings stay standing How do elevators and escalators work Keep thinking of questions and writing them down If you find out the answer later you can always add that to your notebook too TRY TO GUESS WHAT WILL HAPPEN BEFORE IT HAPPENS This is called making a prediction What will happen if you try to build a car out of plastic What will happen if you change the shape of the rocket or use a different chemical to make a bouncy ball Write down what you think will happen before you do the experiment DO THE EXPERIMENT Make notes on how you do the experiment All sorts of things make a difference on how the results turn out Did you use glue instead of tape or swap the order of the steps Write down what happened If you took any measurements write them down Draw pictures or take photos to tape into your notebook
DIY Science: Engineering
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About This Book
By: Karl West
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Published by: Autumn Publishing, an imprint of Igloo Books
