Engineer This!: 10 Amazing Projects for Young Mechanical Engineers

Turn trash into invention and sharpen your engineering eye with these 10 hands-on engineering projects. Using recycled and easy-to-find materials engineer your own motorcar catapult glider and other completely functional machines. Explore amazing scientific concepts such as potential kinetic and electrical energy; principles of flight; weights and balances; pulleys and levers; laws of motion; and more. Each project includes step-by-step instructions full-color photos exciting facts safety tips and extended engineering and science activities for further discovery.