inventions

Looks at what it is like to visit a Maker Faire and the types of innovative new projects seen there, with information on how to volunteer at or plan a Maker Faire event.

"In this book, students learn more about this recent innovation through detailed explanations built to foster creativity and critical thinking. ...introduces readers to new ideas and builds on maker-related concepts they may already know. Additional tools, including a glossary and an index, help students learn new vocabulary and locate information."--Provided by publisher.

Looks at the ideas of inventor, Thomas Edison and shows some of his inventions such as record players, batteries, and movie cameras.

When Leonardo da Vinci invented wild contraptions such as a tank, a car, a paraglider, and a helicopter in the late fifteenth century, he was seen as a madman. Today we know that he was a genius who was well ahead of his time. This book tells the history of ancient and modern inventions--some fun, some innovative, some failed, and some disastrous, but all the product of the power of the human imagination.

". . . the intergalactic war between the Feline Empire and Robot Federation has escalated to the brink of war. Cats and robots are preparing to converge on Earth and battle it out for the Infinity Engine. And the inventors and safekeepers of that powerful weapon? The Wengrod family. Max, Min, their parents, and cousin Javi, all know the stakes are higher than ever as the fate of their planet rests on their shoulders. The family creates an elite swarm of robotic fleas to attempt infiltrating both sides and halt attacks, but will peaceful persistence be enough? Will they ever rescue their friend Obi? Will Huggs and his sidekick, Vice President Parker P. Pants (VP P.P. Pants), with all their power and influence, prevail in the end?"--Provided by publisher.

Explores how technological discoveries and advances during the nineteenth century, including the spread of the railroads, the electric telegraph, and the telephone, influenced life on Earth. Includes teacher notes.

"Learn how scientists are using nature as inspiration for a wide variety of new [everyday] inventions"--Provided by publisher.

Looks at twenty-eight inventors and their inventions.

Frankie Sparks, the self-proclaimed "best inventor in the third grade," does research and creates a tool to try to persuade her classmates that a rat would make the best class pet.

Nikki Tesla is a genius, so mostly she finds school boring, and amuses herself by inventing things, like her mysterious missing father; trouble is most of her inventions have serious, lethal potential (like the death ray, which just blew a hole in her floor); so she and her ferret are hustled off to the special Genius Academy with classmates who are equally exceptional, although she still worries about fitting in--but when her death ray disappears she has something bigger to worry about: who took it and what are they planning to do?.