
Product Description Get a hands-on introduction to makerspaces for beginners! Kids who are into building and creating will love to try their hands at building, coding, 3D pen, and electronics projects. Plus, readers can watch video tutorials and access bonus content through the free Capstone 4D augmented reality app. Book Description A great intro to STEAM, maker spaces, coding, 3D pens, and engineering. Hands-on, accessible projects for beginner maker space users; Online lesson plans help teachers and librarians get the most out of their maker spaces; Video tutorials available in the free Capstone 4D augmented reality app are great for young readers who may need extra visual help About the Author Tammy Enz became a civil engineer because of her awe of the massive steel bridges that spanned the Mississippi River. She just had to figure out how they worked. Today, she still likes tinkering and figuring out how things work. When she isn't tinkering, she fixes up old houses and conducts experiments in her garden and kitchen. Most of all, she loves reading books about anything and everything and asking 'why?' Rachel Ziter was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. She earned a Bachelor of Science in education and her teaching credentials from Florida Southern College. She has also completed graduate coursework in computer science education at St. Scholastica, as well as professional development in fablab project-based learning at NuVu. Rachel works at the Adelson Educational Campus in Las Vegas and is a member of the Tech Team. She works in STEM curriculum and instruction, mentoring students across all grades school-wide, with direct teaching responsibility for all lower school (JK-6th) coding and engineering. Rachel was a founding teacher in Dawson College Bound, a regional program mentoring high-performing youth toward high school and college success. During the summer, she teaches coding to children
Page Count:
192
Publication Date:
2018-01-01
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