Bots! Robotics Engineering - With Hands-On Makerspace Activities

Robots are everywhere! In Bots! Robotics Engineering with Hands-On Makerspace Activities , middle schoolers learn about these devices that vacuum our houses, work in our factories, help us learn at school, sample rocks from other planets, and even bring back images from the bottom of the ocean. In Bots! you can find hands-on STEM activities, coding challenges that use free online software, essential questions, and links to online primary resources!

About the author

Kathy Ceceri is a STEAM educator and the award-winning author of more than a dozen books of hands-on learning activities for kids and adults, including Robotics: Discover the Science and Technology of the Future and Video Games: Design and Code Your Own Adventure from Nomad Press. Kathy presents low-tech/no-tech engineering workshops for students and teachers at schools, libraries, museums, and makerspaces, and is a popular speaker at Maker Faires around the country. Her other titles include Paper Inventions, Fabric and Fiber Inventions, and Making Simple Robots. Formerly the Homeschooling Expert for About.com, Kathy has two sons, a video game programmer and a filmmaker. Kathy lives in Schuylerville, New York.

Product details

• Authors: Kathy Ceceri
• Assisted by: Kathy Ceceri (Illustration), Lena Chandhok (Illustration)
• Publisher: Nomad Press (VT)
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781619308275
• ISBN: 978-1-61930-827-5
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 206 mm x 259 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Series: Build it Yourself; Build it Yourself
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; Children's Books / Ages 9-12 Nonfiction, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / How Things Work-Are Made, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Experiments & Projects, Technology - Robotics