Beschreibung:
Lance Akiyama is the author of four books in Rockport's Engineer series: Rubber Band Engineer; Duct Tape Engineer; Launchers, Lobbers, and Rockets Engineer; and The Zoom, Fly, Bolt, Blast STEAM Handbook. Lance is the Science Curriculum Manager for Galileo Learning (STEAM camps for Pre-K to 8th grade), for which he designs STEAM-based lessons and projects for K–8 students. He has been developing hands-on engineering projects for kids since 2011 and working in education since 2006. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
With Rubber Band Engineer, build slingshot-powered rockets, rubber band rifles, catapults, and more guerrilla gadgets from paper clips, pencils, paint stirrers, and rubber bands.
Introduction: Notes from a Rubber-Band Tinkerer Chapter 1: Handheld Shooters Many-Thing Shooter PVC Slingshot Rifle Crossbow Bow and Arrow Chapter 2: Mini Siege Engines Pyramid Catapult Enhanced Mousetrap Catapult Floating Arm Trebuchet Da Vinci Catapult Chapter 3: Hydraulic and Pneumatic Power Pneumatic Magic Box Extending Grabber Robot Arm Hydraulic Fighting Robots Chapter 4: Flight Improvised Darts Slingshot Rocket Rubber Band Helicopter Chapter 5: Other Gadgets & Contraptions