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Make Way for Animals!: A World of Wildlife Crossings

Around the world, city highways and country roads have cut through natural spaces. Wild animals are blocked from the resources they need to survive, or must make dangerous crossings across busy roads to get to them. Fortunately, solving this problem has inspired some creative solutions! Take a tour of wildlife crossings across the globe, from grassy badger bridges to underpasses for elephants. Discover how these inventive pathways have saved both animal and human lives and helped preserve ecosystems.

Make Your Own Fun (Hi Jinx)

Rocket makerspace to a whole new level with this series as it details how to make awesome crafts and explores all of the fun that goes with them. With friendly, step-by-step instructions, clear imagery, and helpful hints, this series will lead readers to finished products they'll be proud of.

Makers and Artisans (21st Century Skills Library)

Around the world, makers and artisans craft awe-inspiring creations, from flower sculptures to forged blades. This series introduces readers to these fascinating careers. Books provide a peek into the life of an artisan, while also covering the history behind each career, the process for making their art, and what experience is needed to become a master of the craft. Aligned with curriculum standards, these books also highlight key 21st Century content including global awareness, business literacy, and learning and innovation skills.

Makers as Innovators (21st Century Skills Innovation Library)

Some of today's most incredible innovations are coming from the global community of makers. These thinkers, inventors, and hackers share information and technology to push new ideas forward. Readers will discover how they can join the maker movement and help improve the way we live.

Makers as Innovators Junior (21st Century Skills Innovation Library)

The Makers as Innovators Junior series looks at the Makers movement for young readers and addresses topics from computer programing and 3D printing to starting your own Makerspace. Through simple text written to foster creativity and problem solving, students will the art of innovation. Large, colourful images show students how to complete activities. Additional tools, including a glossary and an index, help students learn new vocabulary and locate information.

Maker's Guide to Simple Machines, A

Learn about axles, screws, wedges and more with a silly alien engineer who guides readers through hands-on projects that demonstrate the use of simple machines.

Makerspace Cardboard Challenge! (DiscoverRoo)

From castles and armour to rockets and robots, an object’s design relates directly to its purpose. By understanding the purpose of an object, people can create plans for building the object. This fun series guides readers in planning, building, and improving their own cardboard models of castles, roller coasters, and more. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, a supply list, Think About It critical thinking questions, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Pop! is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Makerspace Careers

Makerspace. FabLab. TechShop. Hackerspace. Whatever one calls it, a makerspace is more than a creative space. It provides vital skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), while teaching hands-on education, enhancing critical thinking, and more. Each book identifies a specific type of career, such as electronics, interactive media, and robotics. Readers will learn how they can acquire skills for academic and professional opportunities such as classes, camps, and internships, and how to take those skills to the job of their choice.

Makerspace Models

Create your own model-sized vehicles powered by balloons, rubber bands, and small motors. Step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and photographs guide readers through the building process, while informative text explains the science-aerodynamics, gravity, propulsion-behind them.

Makerspace Survival

Scorching deserts, freezing mountaintops, and predator-infested rain forests are no match for human ingenuity! Readers of this savvy series will learn how to engineer their way out of natureÎs deadliest environments. Makerspace and STEM activities push readersÎ problem-solving skills to new limits, and real-life scenarios immerse them in the learning experience and inspire creative solutions. Thrilling fact boxes entice readers with fascinating information about these dangerous locations.