365 Build-It-Yourself Engineering Projects: An Exciting Hands-on Challenge for Every Day of the Year

by Elizabeth Snoke Harris

For the next generation’s thinkers, tinkerers, and innovators, 365 Built-It-Yourself Engineering Projects is a year’s worth of fascinating, hands-on projects and experiments using household materials.

Kids can dive headfirst into the wacky, unpredictable world of science and engineering with challenges from the creators who brought you 365 Weird & Wonderful Science Experiments.

Join STEAM educator and author, Beth Snoke Harris, as she stirs up children’s curiosity and challenges them to discover the endless fun of science and engineering. Simple, colorful step-by-step directions accompany each mind-blowing experiment, so kids can easily follow along with minimal parental supervision.

Inquiry-based projects include:


Paper Airplane Launcher
Ice Cube Architecture
Straw Rocket
Rockin’ Roller Coaster
Far-out Fort
Mechanical Hand
Seismometer
Art-Bot 
A fun and compelling read for the whole family, 365 Build-It-Yourself Engineering Projects unlocks a world of surprises that will instill a lifelong love and fascination for young readers and future scientists of all ages.

240 pages, Paperback

Published October 2, 2018

About the author

Beth has been involved in science education for over 20 years in the classroom, research facilities and museums. She loves sharing fun experiments with anyone who will listen and with whatever is handy. When she's not working on science curriculum projects or leading STEM field trips at the local roller rink, she serves as web master for science education organizations. Her other hobbies include playing with her kids, gardening, and beekeeping in Raleigh, North Carolina.