{"product_id":"bots-robotics-engineering-with-hands-on-makerspace-activities-paperback-1","title":"Bots! Robotics Engineering: With Hands-On Makerspace Activities - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathy Ceceri\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLena Chandhok\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn action-packed book for middle schoolers that explores the roles robots play in our world, including the history, engineering, and key players in this STEAM field--plus loads of hands-on robotics activities so kids can learn design, engineering, and coding, and develop their own innovative ideas for future robots!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobots are everywhere! They vacuum our houses, work in our factories, help us learn at school, and play with us at home. They sample rocks from other planets, survey disaster zones from the air, and bring back images from the bottom of the ocean. In\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Bots! Robotics Engineering with Hands-On Makerspace Activities\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, kids 9 to 12 learn the how, why, and who behind the robots we have today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Explore the history of robots and artificial intelligence and read short biographies of important innovators such as Ada Lovelace, Charles Babbage, Alan Turing, Leonardo da Vinci, Dean Kamen, and Nikola Tesla, and Cynthia Breazeal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Engage in science-minded learning by constructing a hydraulic arm, formulating an edible inflatable soft robot, designing a motorized ArtBot, and testing your own gravity-powered mini-walker. Learn coding basics by writing pen-and-paper programs in Logo and creating virtual robots in the free online language Scratch. Discover how to build low-cost programmable cardboard robots using microcontrollers such as Micro: bit or Circuit Playground Express and Microsoft MakeCode. And find out how to train an \"AI computer\" to think by playing an unplugged Machine Learning version of the math game Nim.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Essential questions, links to online primary resources, fascinating facts and brief sidebars help readers learn the basics of robotics while exploring their creativity as they design and build their own robots and robotic components.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the\u003cstrong\u003e Build It Engineering\u003c\/strong\u003e set and Nomad Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBots!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is part of a set of two \u003cstrong\u003eBuild It Engineering\u003c\/strong\u003e books that explore the engineering technology behind our daily lives. The other title in this series is \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrazy Contraptions: Build Rube Goldberg Machines that Swoop, Spin, Stack, and Swivel with Hands-On Engineering Activities\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNomad Press books in the \u003cstrong\u003eBuild It\u003c\/strong\u003e series integrate content with participation. Combining content with inquiry-based projects stimulates learning and makes it active and alive. Nomad's unique approach simultaneously grounds kids in factual knowledge while allowing them the space to be curious, creative, and critical thinkers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll books are leveled for Guided Reading level and Lexile and align with Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. All titles are available in paperback, hardcover, and ebook formats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eKathy Ceceri\u003c\/strong\u003e is a STEAM educator and the award-winning author of more than a dozen books of hands-on learning activities for kids and adults, including \u003cem\u003eRobotics: Discover the Science and Technology of the Future\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eVideo Games: Design and Code Your Own Adventure\u003c\/em\u003e from \u003cstrong\u003eNomad Press\u003c\/strong\u003e. Kathy presents low-tech\/no-tech engineering workshops for students and teachers at schools, libraries, museums, and makerspaces, and is a popular speaker at Maker Faires around the country. Her other titles include \u003cem\u003ePaper Inventions, Fabric and Fiber Invention\u003c\/em\u003es, and \u003cem\u003eMaking Simple Robots\u003c\/em\u003e. Formerly the Homeschooling Expert for About.com, Kathy has two sons, a video game programmer and a filmmaker. Kathy lives in Schuylerville, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLena H. Chandhok\u003c\/strong\u003e earned her degree from the Center for Cartoon Studies in 2011. Her work has been featured in Slate Magazine and in various anthologies. 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