Build Your Own Boats

From the Series Makerspace Models

  • Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 6
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

Landlubbers can make a splash with these easy-to-make watercraft using simple, everyday items! You’ll be surprised how you can use two soft drink cans and a rubber band to make a catamaran, a plastic bottle and baking soda to make a jet boat, and more! Get your materials together and see how these boats float and race. There’s something for all wannabe sailors.

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978-1-5415-1888-9
$31.99
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Interest Level Grade 3 - Grade 6
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre Science
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Active Nonfiction
Copyright 2018
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Brand Hungry Tomato ®
Imprint Hungry Tomato ®
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2018-01-01
Reading Counts! Level 4.7
Text Type Procedural
BISACS JNF051120, JNF057020, JNF015000
Dewey 623.82/01
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 7 x 9
Lexile 890
Guided Reading Level W
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Step-by-step instructions, and Table of contents

Author: Rob Ives

Rob Ives is a former math and science teacher and now a designer and paper engineer living in Cumbria, UK. He creates science- and project-based children's books, including Paper Models that Rock! and Paper Automata. He specializes in character-based paper animations and all kinds of fun and fascinating science projects, and often visits schools to talk about design technology and demonstrate his models.