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Eco kids self-sufficiency handbook / Alan and Gill Bridgewater.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Mount Joy, PA : Happy Fox Books, an imprint of Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc., [2019]Description: 168 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781641240307
  • 164124030X
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Eco homestead -- Eco den -- Picnic table -- Campfire circle -- Adirondack chair -- Eco food -- Herbs and salad greens -- Tomatoes -- Low tunnel for crops -- Runner beans -- Potatoes -- Backyard chicken coop -- Butter -- Foraged berry milkshake -- Mealtime! -- Eco energy and water -- Wind turbine -- Photovoltaic cells -- Solar-powered buggy -- Solar-heated pool -- Rain barrel -- Weather station -- Eco go -- Eco bicycling -- Eco go-kart -- Eco accessories, home decor, and gifts -- Eco bangles -- Native american button wristlet -- Felt shoulder bag -- Patchwork rag bag -- Postage-stamp bowl -- Knitted bedspread -- Furoshiki wrap -- Eco glossary -- Eco action plan -- Letter template.
Summary: This exciting project book for children aged 7-14 combines creative play with eco-awareness, while supporting STEAM learning (science, technology, engineering, art, maths). Thirty fun ideas range from building a wind turbine and a go-kart to creating light, growing vegetables, making green gifts, and more. By cleverly combining creativity with eco-awareness, this timely book encourages children aged 7-14 to put down their mobile devices and get involved. From building a wind turbine and a go-kart to creating light, growing vegetables, and making green gifts, Eco Kids Self Sufficiency Handbook offers a wide range of ways to capture the imagination and make a positive contribution to the world around us. Thirty exciting projects support integrated STEAM learning (science, technology, engineering, art, maths). With easy to follow step-by-step instructions and photographs, no project is too difficult for children to complete with adult supervision.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 363.7052 B851 Available 33111009133386
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Everyone's interested in becoming more green these days--why should kids miss out on the fun? By cleverly combining creativity with eco-awareness, this timely book encourages children aged 7-14 to put down their mobile devices and get involved. From building a wind turbine and a go-kart to creating light, growing vegetables, and making green gifts, Eco Kids Self Sufficiency Handbook offers a wide range of ways to capture the imagination and make a positive contribution to the world around us. Twenty-eight exciting projects support integrated STEAM learning (science, technology, engineering, art, math). With easy to follow step-by-step instructions and photographs, no project is too difficult for children to complete with adult supervision.

Age 7-14.

Includes index.

Eco homestead -- Eco den -- Picnic table -- Campfire circle -- Adirondack chair -- Eco food -- Herbs and salad greens -- Tomatoes -- Low tunnel for crops -- Runner beans -- Potatoes -- Backyard chicken coop -- Butter -- Foraged berry milkshake -- Mealtime! -- Eco energy and water -- Wind turbine -- Photovoltaic cells -- Solar-powered buggy -- Solar-heated pool -- Rain barrel -- Weather station -- Eco go -- Eco bicycling -- Eco go-kart -- Eco accessories, home decor, and gifts -- Eco bangles -- Native american button wristlet -- Felt shoulder bag -- Patchwork rag bag -- Postage-stamp bowl -- Knitted bedspread -- Furoshiki wrap -- Eco glossary -- Eco action plan -- Letter template.

This exciting project book for children aged 7-14 combines creative play with eco-awareness, while supporting STEAM learning (science, technology, engineering, art, maths). Thirty fun ideas range from building a wind turbine and a go-kart to creating light, growing vegetables, making green gifts, and more. By cleverly combining creativity with eco-awareness, this timely book encourages children aged 7-14 to put down their mobile devices and get involved. From building a wind turbine and a go-kart to creating light, growing vegetables, and making green gifts, Eco Kids Self Sufficiency Handbook offers a wide range of ways to capture the imagination and make a positive contribution to the world around us. Thirty exciting projects support integrated STEAM learning (science, technology, engineering, art, maths). With easy to follow step-by-step instructions and photographs, no project is too difficult for children to complete with adult supervision.

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