models and modelmaking

Instructions for thirty LEGO projects for building robots.

Provides step-by-step instructions for building 30 animals with LEGO bricks, including a tabby cat, dachshund, hamster, goldfish, and more.

"Kids will combine their love of toy bricks with learning about STEAM topics (Science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) in one fun, educational book. Each project includes large, full-color photo instructions; preparation ideas for parents and STEAM notes"--Back cover.

Presents a variety of models from around the world, explains why they were created, and provides instructions for making models, including such projects as a toy theater, a model room, and stick creatures.

Boats, cars, farms, and houses come in model sizes. Compare the real things with the models.

An illustrated overview of models that describes how they help test new designs and discusses different types, such as scale, graphical, conceptual, mathematical, and computer models, as well as how they help us understand living things and things that are too small to see.

"Instructive text and photos guide readers as they create dioramas, models, and structures ... Questions prompt young builders to unleash their unique creative design skills to make the project their own."--Provided by publisher.

"The possibilities of what can be made with a 3D printer are endless. This guide presents the basics of 3D printing, beginner's projects, and additional resources to set young makers on their way to becoming masters. With up-to-the-minute information, simple language, and hands-on projects, this is the perfect launching point into the exciting world of 3D printing"--Provided by the publisher.

Provides instructions for twenty-five prototype projects that help students understand and apply math and science concepts and skills to tackle real-life engineering problems.

Nancy Drew and her classmates enter a model-building contest to win a chance to visit northern New Mexico, but before they can enter their pueblo model, it is destroyed, and the girls wonder if they have angered the spirits of the Native American tribe of the Taos Pueblo.