Build Your Own Rockets and Planes

From the Series Makerspace Models

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

Build your very own planes and rockets! All you need are easy-to-find items and these incredible ideas. Find out how to make a glider, helicopter, a parachute, and more with objects like pencils, washers, and a plastic bag. Just put the pieces together to get up, up, and away—flying like the birds!

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978-1-5415-1897-1
$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, JNF057010, JNF015000
Dewey 621.43/560228
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.