Build Your Own Robots

From the Series Makerspace Models

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

Be your own robotics engineer and watch these clever machines come to life. But remember, you’re in charge! Learn how to create robots like the Intrepid Eggsplorer, the Tightrope Trickster, and Perfect Penbot with materials like paper clips, rubber bands, cork, and other everyday objects. Put all the pieces together, add some googly eyes, and prepare for some super-mechanized fun and games.

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978-1-5415-1894-0
$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 4.5
Text Type Procedural
BISACS JNF051120, JNF015000
Dewey 629.8/92
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 7 x 9
Lexile 850
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.