Doc Fizzix Mousetrap Racers: The Complete Builder's Manual - Softcover

Balmer, Alden

 
9781565233591: Doc Fizzix Mousetrap Racers: The Complete Builder's Manual
Softcover
ISBN 10: 156523359X ISBN 13: 9781565233591
Verlag: FOX CHAPEL PUB CO INC, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

In this guide written by a Teacher-of-the-Year winner, your kids will learn how to construct race cars from ordinary, affordable household materials, while learning the science behind how they work, in language easy enough for a 7th grader to understand.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Doc Fizzix-Alden J. Balmer-is an award-winning physics teacher from McNeil High School in Round Rock Independent School District and the 1996 Texas Science Teacher of the Year. Doc Fizzix has appeared on several nationally aired television programs and has been featured in many magazines including: "The Science Teacher," "Boys' Life," "Web Page Design," "Physics Today," and more.

Alden J. Balmer, also known as Doc Fizzix, was selected as the 1996 Most Outstanding Science Teacher in Texas and has been building mousetrap-powered vehicles for 18 years. He has been featured on several national TV programs and magazines, including Boy’s Life, Physics Today, and The Science Teachers. He lives in Round Rock, Texas.

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Science/Education $14.95Experience the thrill of victory - while learning science!What's a mousetrap racer? A very cool, very fast vehicle that's powered by the energy of a wound mousetrap spring! Now, with only a few simple tools and materials, a curious mind, and the science-secrets of Doc Fizzix, you too can build a mousetrap dragster that will compete at the fastest speeds, up the steepest inclines, or in an unlimited number of contests - all while discovering the fun of physics and engineering first-hand. Written by an award-winning science teacher holding national mousetrap speed and distance records, this entertaining and easy-to-read manual for teachers, parents, and kids of all ages features full-color, step-by-step directions for constructing a champion mousetrap-powered racer. Inside this engaging educational reference, Doc Fizzix reveals: " The plans for 7 different mousetrap racers ranging from a Basic Racer to the speedy Double-Trouble " Special speed and distance tricks that will make your racer travel the fastest and farthest " Trouble-shooting tips and techniques for solving any design problem" How to create a winning Science Fair project using the secrets from the lab of Doc Fizzix! With the ingenious ideas and multiple projects inside Doc Fizzix's Mousetrap Racers: Complete Builder's Manual, you have a fun a weekend activity for the whole family, a cool lesson plan any student will enjoy, and an engaging source of science information that doesn't read like a textbook!

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Verlag
FOX CHAPEL PUB CO INC
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
156523359X
ISBN 13 
9781565233591
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
144
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