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New! BOTS!
Robotics Engineering with Makerspace Activities for Kids
A brand-new update to the classic
Robotics: Discover the Science and Technology of the Future
2012 Chicago Public Library "Best of the Best"

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Available October 8, 2019 • Pre-order now!
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Make a robot hand that opens and closes!
Build a hydraulic robot arm!
Design your own motorized ArtBot!
Put together a Solar WobbleBot!
Learn to code a virtual robot in Scratch!
Build a programmable cardboard robot in MakeCode! |
Paper Inventions Machines That Move,
Drawings That Light Up, Wearables and Structures
You Can Cut, Fold, and Roll

2015 World Maker Faire New York Best Seller! |
Make STEAM projects -- science, technology, engineering, art and math -- using ordinary paper

- Create light-up paper designs
- Power paper circuits
- Build a geodesic club house
- Create simple paper machines
- Make edible paper
Autographed copies available from Northshire Bookstore
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Fabric and Fiber Inventions
Discover how easy it is to turn everyday materials into unique designs everybody will love!
Weave a fabric basket, quilt a fold-up checkerboard, and design a wearable tent
Create photographic prints using only acrylic paint and the sun
Upcycle old sweaters into cozy hats, mittens, and scarves
Crochet transformable roll-up scarves and knit cute miniatures
Use felt and yarn to make light-up keychains and unique audio speakers |
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Musical Inventions
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Learn how different shapes, sizes, and materials produce different sounds by designing and building your own musical inventions!
Explore the history and science behind musical instruments, from the mammoth bone flutes to synthesizers you play with a wave of your hand from across the stage.
Create instruments from kitchenware, recycled materials, old toys -- even vegetables -- and have fun playing music that has never been heard before!
Autographed copies available
from Northshire Bookstore
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Making Simple Robots
Create programmable bodies from everyday materials!
Go from low-tech projects to soldering, 3D printing, and Arduino programming

**Click Here for Bonus Material!**
Autographed copies available from Northshire Bookstore |

Edible Inventions
Delicious and exotic experiments that teach science concepts and the history behind them!

- Make a Tin Can Cooker (directions)
- Explore 3D printing with chocolate
- Bubble up some chemical cuisine
- Hack your favorite snacks
- Regrow Zombie Veggies
- Go off the grid with Solar Ovens
Autographed copies available from Northshire Bookstore |

Video Games
Find out what makes them so popular!
Design your own video games from concept
to programming

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Discover where games come from
- Explore how games affect the brain
- Learn to create games step by step
- Build board games to test ideas
- Code games using MIT's free online Scratch software!
Autographed copies available from Northshire Bookstore |
Other fun hands-on learning books by Kathy Ceceri |
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