| ID | 025623 |
| Call Number | 620/VOR |
| Title Proper | How to be an engineer |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Vorderman, Carol |
| Publication | London, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2018. |
| Description | 144p White Spine |
| Note | Discover the skills it takes to become an engineer! Discover amazing facts, learn how things work, conduct experiments and follow the included activites, and more! |
| Note | Amazing materials -
What are materials
Making mud bricks
Building walls
Snap or bend?
Tubes of strength
Rusty nails
Mae Jemison
Make your own plastic
Stephanie Kwolek
Egg drop
Strong structures -
Build a gum drop tower
Bridges
Cardboard arch
Skyscraper structures
Fazlur Rahman Khan
Tunnel building
Making roads
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Suspension bridge
Mighty machines -
Simple machines
Ping pong catapult
Leonardo Da Vinci
Lifting weights
Cardboard cogs
Turning wheels
Engines
Robots
Robot arm
Cup phones
Computers
Grace Hopper
Ping pong roller coaster
Strong structures -
Transport
Staying afloat
Paddle boat
Robert Stephenson
Steam power
Wings for flying
The Wright brothers
Balloon hovercraft
Heavy planes
Jet balloon
Sailing boats
Incredible energy -
What is energy?
Wind energy
Nikola Tesla
Electricity
Sun power
How solar panels work
Build a dam
Carton turbine |
| Standard Number | 9780241316672 |
| Price. Qualification | £12.99(Hb) |
| Classification Number | 620 |
| Key Words | Energy ; Science - Experiments ; Occupations ; Scientists ; UOI - Jobs ; Engineering ; Roller coasters - Design and construction - Mathematics ; UOI - Materials for Building ; Engineers ; Engineering design |