Making Machines with Springs

Simple Machine Projects

by Chris Oxlade (Contributor)

Springs store the energy that powers machines such as the Romans' giant war catapults. The projects in this book show how stretching, squashing and bending springs reveal their key properties, and how rubber bands can be used to make moving toys. Age 7-9

32 pages, Hardcover

Published May 7, 2015

About the author

Chris Oxlade is the best-selling author of more than 150 non-fiction books, most of them explaining complex scientific ideas and modern technology to young readers in readable text.