Fall 2024

Build Your Own Instruments to Study Space

From the Series Build Your Own Space Projects

  • Interest Level: Grade 2 - Grade 5
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

Build your own incredible instruments to study space, using recycled materials and craft supplies.

From spectacular telescopes to a nocturnal instrument for telling time with the stars, this book is full of engaging makerspace projects, blending science and technology with hands-on model making.

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978-1-83569-008-6
$22.99
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Interest Level Grade 2 - Grade 5
Reading Level Grade 3
Genre Science
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Active Nonfiction, Makerspace, Makerspace: Science/Experiments/Activities, STEM, STEM: Engineering, STEM: Space Science
Copyright 2025
Publisher Hungry Tomato Ltd.
Imprint Hungry Tomato
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2024-08-01
Text Type Procedural
BISACS JNF015000, JNF001000, JNF051110
Dimensions 7 x 9
Guided Reading Level TBD
Features Activities, Page Plus™, and Step-by-step instructions

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.