Schlike, Brett. Adventures in Engineering for Kids. Beverly, MA: The Quarto Group. 2020.
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Summary from the back cover
Take charge of the world you wish to create. Design inventions to solve challenges faced in City X, the first human settlement on another planet. With this book, you and yours will learn the tools and skills engineers use to become designers of solutions. Explore, understand, imagine, create, and share your irresistible futures through accessible activities and awesome ideations. Inside you will find: 35 hands-on challenges, real-world case studies, and engaging invitations to design thinking.
My Review
Adventures in Engineering for Kids does contain the challenges and everything else it promises. Brett Schlike’s work is geared for those who are engineering-minded who need a challenge. If your child isn’t necessarily engineering-minded, I wouldn’t get this book as it will most likely frustrate him/her. I highly recommend that an adult work through the book with older elementary students. Middle school students may be able to handle much of the material on their own but will need occasional adult help. Brett Schlike has designed the book to get kids to think and figure out how to solve problems, a skill that many need to learn.\
I can see Adventures in Engineering for Kids finding a place in a K-12 school library. It may even find a place in a gifted and talented program or in a classroom where there is at least one bright, engineering-minded student.
I received a complimentary copy of Adventures in Engineering for Kids. This is my honest review.
