Train Your Brain: Think Like an Engineer

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Av Alex Woolf

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Help your child to develop their growth mindset as they discover how real engineers look at the world and how they think. Children's brains are powerful and flexible, but they need exercising and challenging to develop. In this book they will uncover the core skills that can make a good engineer great, and be encouraged to have a go at some simple activities to help them to train their brain to become better at applying outstanding engineering practice. By uncovering the way that real engineers look at the world and approach problems scientifically, they will be learning skills that will set them in good stead for life. Each topic is broken down into manageable chunks, so the reader can build up their skills and naturally develop their thinking.Each book contains biographies of four top engineers, and the humorous illustrations throughout help the reader to understand some of the trickier concepts.Ideal for students aged 8+ who are studying engineering or S.T.E.A.M. topics at key stage 2.Titles in this series:Think Like An AstronautThink Like An ArtistThink Like a CoderThink Like An EngineerThink Like A MathematicianThink Like A Scientist

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Utgivningsdatum2021-07-08
Mått216 x 268 x 10 mm
Vikt393 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieTrain Your Brain
Antal sidor48
FörlagHachette Children's Group
IllustratörBroadbent, David
ISBN9781526316523

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Alex Woolf has written more than 150 books, both fiction and non-fiction, mostly for children. Many of these have sold around the world and his words have been translated into over a dozen different languages. He has written on a huge range of subjects including Romans, chocolate, asteroids, sharks, Tudors, flying reptiles, soap, bees and acne. In 2019, he won a Fiction Express award for his story, Mystery at Moon Base One. Alex lives in North London with his family and two cats, Juno and Minerva. David Broadbent has been an illustrator for many a long year, he has created illustrations for different companies and people all over this planet of ours and would like to keep doing so. Books are his favourite thing to work on and he has created artwork for titles such as Do Nice be Kind Spread Happy, Be the Change, Make it Happen and The Camper Van Bible. He lives on the south coast of England with his family, including a strange dog and a three legged hamster.

1: What is an engineer?1: Find a problem1: State the problem1: Charles Kuen Kao: Fibre-optic pioneer1: Imagine a solution1: Brainstorm1: Don't be scared1: Break it down1: Margaret Knight: Prolific inventor1: Choose the best solution1: Draw your project1: Nikola Tesla: Electric power trailblazer1: Plan your project1: Build your project1: Don't be discouraged1: Review your project1: Emily Roebling: Bridge builder1: Improve your project1: Upcycle1: Awesome engineers1: You can do it!1: Glossary1: Further information1: Index