Product Description

4 Major Projects to Build      * A spinning motor     * A clicking telegraph     * A light flashing generator     * A real AM Radio  Requires one D-cell battery   Step-by-step, highly visual instructions lead a child successfully  through each invention. Full color illustrations present central scientific concepts        which allow children to discover the "why" as well as the "how". The use of everyday materials demystifies the workings of common  electronic components.  The animations that compliment the book on the website deepen and extend  comprehension.  Although designed for 8 year olds, Inventions has an extraordinary  history and following. It has been used at MIT to mentor high school students in physics. It has been used at U.C. Berkeley to mentor women in science. It has been used similarly at other institutions including the Fermi Lab  and the University of Texas at Austin. It was rumored that a number of physicists at U.C. Berkeley were  spinning the handmade motors on their desks competing to see which motor  would spin the fastest!  Inventions received a rave review from the Women's Society of the IEEE  after using it for camp programs for elementary school students. The  IEEE's review boasted, "The projects actually WORK....even for large  groups where individualized attention is not possible."