Genius LEGO inventions with bricks you already have : 40 new robots, vehicles, contraptions, gadgets, games and other fun STEM creations

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Title:

Genius LEGO inventions with bricks you already have : 40 new robots, vehicles, contraptions, gadgets, games and other fun STEM creations

Author:

Dees, Sarah, author.

Summary:

Use science and engineering to transform your bin of LEGO® bricks into amazing, movable toys, machines and gadgets. Bestselling author Sarah Dees is back with an all-new collection of projects featuring ingenious designs and simple scientific principles that real engineers use every day. Make yourself a robot pal whose legs move as he rolls along, or a drummer who really plays the drums. Build a wind-up car complete with a flywheel that’ll send your minifigures zooming. Or challenge your friends to a game of pinball on a LEGO® pinball machine you built from scratch. Each project is cooler than the next! It’s easy and fun to build each of these awesome contraptions and games by following the clear step-by-step instructions and photographs. Think you have a different way to build something? Exercise your inventing muscles and tinker away! You’re in charge of your designs, so experiment and tweak to make your inventions personal to you. No matter what you end up creating, you’ll learn exciting new things about science, impress your family and have a blast along the way. -- Amazon.

Audience:

6-9.

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Marvelous moving robots -- Terrific mechanical toys -- Curious contraptions -- Invent and imagine -- Construct and compete buildable games.

Physical Description:

192 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 23 cm

Subject Term:

LEGO toys -- Juvenile literature.

Models and modelmaking -- Juvenile literature.

Publisher:

Page Street Publishing Co.,

Publication Date:

2018

ISBN:

9781624146787

Publication Information:

Salem, MA : Page Street Publishing Co., 2018.

Call Number:

J 688.72 DEES

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

Calling All Tinkerers, Experimenters & Inventors! Unleash Your Creative Powers with Exciting LEGO® Innovations

Use science and engineering to transform your bin of LEGO® bricks into amazing, movable toys, machines and gadgets. Bestselling author Sarah Dees is back with an all-new collection of projects featuring ingenious designs and simple scientific principles that real engineers use every day. Make yourself a robot pal whose legs move as he rolls along, or a drummer who really plays the drums. Build a wind-up car complete with a flywheel that'll send your minifigures zooming. Or challenge your friends to a game of pinball on a LEGO® pinball machine you built from scratch. Each project is cooler than the next!

It's easy and fun to build each of these awesome contraptions and games by following the clear step-by-step instructions and photographs. Think you have a different way to build something? Exercise your inventing muscles and tinker away! You're in charge of your designs, so experiment and tweak to make your inventions personal to you. No matter what you end up creating, you'll learn exciting new things about science, impress your family and have a blast along the way.

Collect the whole series with Sarah Dees' other bestselling LEGO books:
- The Big Book of LEGO Creations with Bricks You Already Have
- Awesome LEGO Creations with Bricks You Already Have
- Epic LEGO Adventures with Bricks You Already Have
- Incredible LEGO Creations From Space with Bricks You Already Have

Author Notes

Sarah Dees is the author of Awesome LEGO Creations With Bricks You Already Have and Epic LEGO Adventures with Bricks You Already Have . She's also the founder of the blog Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls. She and her husband have five children--four sons and a daughter--all of whom love LEGO building together. Sarah and her family live in Fort Worth, Texas.