Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself |
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: Maxine Anderson
: Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself
: Nomad Press
: 2006
: PDF
: 12,9
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Grade 5-8-Anderson has combined biography with doable activities that mirror ideas found in Leonardo s notebooks. Using common household objects (duct tape, foil, cereal boxes, paper-towel tubes, etc.), readers can make a parachute, hydrometer, invisible ink, walk-on-water shoes, etc. Anderson introduces each project with an explanation of why Leonardo came up with the idea and whether he created just the sketch or the sketch and the object. Detailed steps and illustrations provide clarity. Adult supervision is noted where appropriate. Readers will probably be more interested in the activities than in Leonardo s life and the Renaissance background that Anderson provides, but this title will be a welcome addition to schools in which cross-curricular teaming is in place. Science classes can re-create Leonardo s ideas while English classes can read excerpts from his notebooks and history classes can discuss the Renaissance.
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The Anti-Pirate Potato Cannon |
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: David Seidman; Jeff Hemmel
: The Anti-Pirate Potato Cannon
: International Marine
: 2010
: PDF
: 6,6
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Ever since humankind began seafaring, boats and shoreline adventures have produced sturdy, independent, creative, self-reliant kids. From the author of the bestselling Complete Sailor and proud father of a boy mariner, here is the book for all parents who want to introduce their kids to the world of boats, boating, sailing, the shore, and the sea. It provides dozens of adventures and activities for kids, and a plethora of projects for you and your kids to do together. Topics range from how-to to fanciful, in random organization so that each excursion into the book turns up unrelated gems on facing pages. The Anti-Pirate Potato Cannon encourages your kid to get outdoors and on the water, to build things, to try things, to cultivate their curiosity, to learn self-reliance, and to get a giant dose of the magic of seaside adventure.
* Loaded with things for kids to do--build a rope ladder; build a Huck Finn raft from PVC pipe; catch and fillet a fish; go crabbing; skip a stone; body surf; waterski on bare feet; chart a cove; learn the great sea battles; build a sandcastle; navigate; win a sailboat race; paddle a sea kayak; and a whole lot more.
* Designed to cultivate a kid s curiosity about the natural world.
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