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Book

Howtoons. The possibilities are endless

Call Number

  • J GRAPHIC NOVEL 507.8 GRIF (OSH)

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Publication Information

New York : Collins, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, c2007.

Physical Description

v, 102 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Summary

Part comic strip and part science experiment, this book shows children how to find imaginative new uses for common household items like soda bottles, duct tape, mop buckets for science experiments. This book teaches children how to build, create, and explore things using real life science and engineering.

Contents

  • The workshop
  • Chocolate trip ice dreams
  • An eye for safety
  • Cut to the point
  • The infamous marshmallow shooter
  • Get a grip
  • The happy hippo
  • The best things in life are free
  • Terrarium
  • It's time to pump it up
  • Bit by bit
  • Legend of the monkey fist clan
  • Underwater scope
  • For those about to rock
  • A new spin on things
  • The righteous stuff
  • Glossary.

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