Adventures in Engineering for Kids: 35 Challenges to Design the Future - Journey to City X - Without Limits, What Can Kids Create? (Volume 1) (Design Genius Jr., 1)
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Description
- 35 hands-on problem-solving, design thinking, and engineering activities
- Flexible and adaptable content for different ages and stages
- Social distance compatibility
In settling another planet, humans discover a host of challenges, much like those faced on Earth. The Mayor of City X has established an elite engineering team called the Irresistible Futures Agency, charged with tackling major challenges like:
- Energy
- Environment
- Transportation
- Security
- Food
- Safety
- Health
As an Irresistible Futures engineer, kids (and adults!) come up with their own unique solutions to big problems. They use design thinking, systems thinking, and other problem-solving activities that are part of being a good engineer for the future. Activities help them:
- Explore the impact of global challenges
- Make complex issues simple and understandable
- Imagine a better future
- Create solutions to the challenges they care most about
- Share their best ideas with the world
Along the way, readers learn about real-world innovators and technologies that are making this future possible, from inventors building megastructures in space to companies powering cities with baby poop.
Diversity and InclusionIn each Chapter, kids design a solution for citizens of City X, who share perspectives on each challenge. The 35 citizens represent a diversity of culture, age, gender, background, and ability, so every reader can see themselves in the story and expand their perspective at the same time.
Without limits, what can kids create? About the Series: Design thinking—creative problem solving—will be crucial to resolving the global challenges in business, politics, and the environment facing the next generation. Each book in the Design Genius Jr. series teaches kids this important skill through fun, hands-on projects in a single area of design that challenge them to identify problems, explore possibilities, test ideas, and then come up with original solutions.Details
Are you ready to inspire your kids to become the engineers of the future? Look no further than Adventures in Engineering for Kids: 35 Challenges to Design the Future - Journey to City X! This hands-on book is packed with 35 exciting problem-solving, design thinking, and engineering activities to ignite your child's creativity and critical thinking skills.
Our book is not only educational, but it also won acclaim with the *2021 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books in Hands-On Science Longlist* and was named a *2021 EUREKA! Nonfiction Children’s Honor Book*. Your kids deserve the best, and this book delivers.
Whether your child dreams of building megastructures in space or developing sustainable solutions for our planet, Adventures in Engineering for Kids will help them explore their passions. With flexible and adaptable content for different ages and stages, this book is suitable for kids of all backgrounds and abilities.
Imagine a world where your child can design an irresistible future! In City X, the first human settlement on another planet, your child will join the elite engineering team known as the Irresistible Futures Agency. Together, they will tackle major challenges like energy, environment, transportation, security, food safety, and health. By engaging in hands-on problem-solving and innovative design thinking activities, your child will enhance their critical thinking skills and learn to create their own solutions to real-world problems.
Our book takes learning to a whole new level by providing science-fact and real-world case studies. Your child will be inspired by stories of inventors building megastructures in space and companies using baby poop to power cities. These examples will show your child that their dreams are limitless, and they too can make a difference.
We are proud to promote diversity and inclusion in our book. Each chapter features citizens of City X representing a wide range of cultures, ages, genders, backgrounds, and abilities. Your child will see themselves in the story and expand their perspective, fostering empathy and understanding.
Ready to embark on an adventure with us? Get your hands on Adventures in Engineering for Kids: 35 Challenges to Design the Future - Journey to City X today and inspire your child's imagination. Help them become the design geniuses of tomorrow and create solutions to the challenges they care most about. It's time to design an irresistible future together!
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