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  • Cardboard Box Engineering: Cool, Inventive Projects for Tinkerers, Makers & Future Scientists by Jonathan Adolph book cover
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Cardboard Box Engineering: Cool, Inventive Projects for Tinkerers, Makers & Future Scientists

by Jonathan Adolph

Engineering projects from everyday cardboard

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Engineering projects from everyday cardboard

Cardboard boxes, sheets, and tubes become the raw materials for a range of hands-on builds, from toys and games to gadgets and sculptures. Step-by-step photographic instructions guide projects such as a kaleidoscope, a marble roller coaster, a robotic hand, and a wind-powered tractor with cardboard gears. Using simple household tools, the activities introduce basic physics and engineering while inviting young makers to plan and assemble three-dimensional designs. The book’s practical focus makes the familiar recycling-bin material a starting point for experimenting with how objects work.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Ages 9–12, especially children interested in making and tinkering
  • Young readers curious about inventions, basic physics, and engineering
  • Families or educators seeking hands-on projects using common materials

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Cardboard constructionInvention and tinkeringBasic physics and engineeringThree-dimensional design

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Book overview

This illuminating guidebook will help young tinkerers and makers find creative ways to use cardboard boxes, sheets, and tubes in easily-engineered projects, including awesome gadgets, toys, games, inventions, and sculptures.

Cardboard is everywhere! For creative kids aged 9 to 14, it's the perfect eco-friendly building material, and Cardboard Box Engineering is the perfect guide to get them started on inventive tinkering. A working kaleidoscope, a marble roller coaster, a robotic hand, and a wind-powered tractor with cardboard gears are just some of the ingenious projects developed by Jonathan Adolph, author of the best-selling Mason Jar Science. Working with simple household tools, kids can follow the step-by-step photographic instructions to exercise their design smarts, expand their 3-D thinking, and learn the basics of physics and engineering with activities that have real-life applications.
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