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Tech Lab - (Maker Lab) by Jack Challoner (Hardcover)

Tech Lab - (Maker Lab) by  Jack Challoner (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Provides readers with instructions for 18 projects, including an autotomatic nightlight, solar-powered bugbot, and remote-control snake."--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>This DK children's book for ages 11-14 is brimming with exciting, educational activities and projects that focus on electronics and technology.</b> <p/>Keep your siblings out of your room with a brilliant bedroom alarm, power a propellor motorboat, make a thermoelectric phone charger, build a set of speakers, and construct a crane by following step-by-step instructions and using affordable equipment. <i>Tech Lab</i> will engage budding scientists and engineers as they experiment, invent, trial, and test technology, electronics, and mechanics at home. <p/>Simple steps with clear photographs take readers through the stages of each low-cost project, with fact-filled panels to explain the science behind each one, and to fascinate them with real-world examples.<br>With an increasing focus across school curricula on encouraging children to explore STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and maths), <i>Tech Lab</i> is the perfect companion for any inquisitive child with an interest in how the worlds of science experiments and technology work, and why.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Jack Challoner </b>(author) has written more than 30 books on science and technology and also acts as a science consultant on books, magazines, and television programs. His most recent books for DK are the award-winning <i>Maker Lab</i> (2016) and <i>Maker Lab Outdoors</i> (2018).<br/><br/><b>Robert Winston</b> (consultant): A renowned doctor, scientist, television personality, and writer, Professor Robert Winston has contributed to numerous DK books, including <i>Maker Lab</i> (2016) and the award-winning <i>Utterly Amazing Human Body</i> (2015).

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