Building a robot requires wires, metal, and knowledge of computers. But building an origami robot just takes a sheet or two of paper! With this hands-on origami guide, readers can construct favorite fictional robots, from Wall-E and Eva to BB-8 and the Iron Giant. Engaging text offers facts about each robot, while tips and tricks sidebars help with paper folding techniques.

**Winner of the 2023 Creative Child Magazine PREFERRED CHOICE AWARD in the Kids Origami Activities category!** Fold 40 different, cute paper animals in just a few easy steps! This origami instruction booklet is the perfect way to introduce kids to the joys of paper folding. It includes step-by-step instructions for 40 different animal models. Paper engineer Sam Ita has designed each of these adorable animals so they can be folded in 10 steps or less. The charming models include: Penelope the Panda: an easy yet cuddly 3-step model Bert the Bunny: a friendly 4-step character with 3D ears Louis the Ladybug: a colorful model which comes together like magic! And 37 more!

The 2024 edition of the Almanac of Fun has 304 pages jam-packed with hundreds of the most engaging puzzles, activities, jokes, crafts, quizzes, recipes, facts, and more for kids to enjoy all year long. Get ready for a year of fun in 2024 with favorite Highlights puzzles and activities that celebrate traditional and wacky holidays, historical anniversaries, world events, and everything in between. Kids can puzzle their way through each month while learning lots of interesting facts and documenting their own occasions!

Build the essential 4—creativity, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking! Go beyond theory and learn how to systematically integrate STEAM and Maker spaces that prepare students for real-world experiences. This engaging resource outlines step-by-step processes to help anyone start their STEAM and Maker journey. Includes charts, checklists, web links, and profiles to help you make meaningful subject area connections and tap your students’ natural curiosity. You’ll learn to: Integrate STEAM and Making into daily practice Differentiate instruction for all learners Align with core standards and The Next Generation Science Standards

Success with STEM is an essential resource, packed with advice and ideas to support and enthuse all those involved in the planning and delivery of STEM in the secondary school. It offers guidance on current issues and priority areas to help you make informed judgements about your own practice and argue for further support for your subject in school. It explains current initiatives to enhance STEM teaching and offers a wide range of practical activities to support exciting teaching and learning in and beyond the classroom. Illustrated with examples of successful projects in real schools, this friendly, inspiring book explores: Innovative teaching ideas to make lessons buzz Activities for successful practical work Sourcing additional funding Finding and making the most of the best resources STEM outside the classroom Setting-up and enhancing your own STEM club Getting involved in STEM competitions, fairs and festivals Promoting STEM careers and tackling stereotypes Health, safety and legal issues Examples of international projects An wide-ranging list of project and activity titles Enriched by the authors’ extensive experience and work with schools, Success with STEM is a rich compendium for all those who want to develop outstanding lessons and infuse a life-long interest in STEM learning in their students. The advice and guidance will be invaluable for all teachers, subject leaders, trainee teachers and NQTs.

Dive into the hilarious and heartwarming world of middle school with the Origami Yoda series! This captivating 6-book collection follows the adventures of Dwight, a quirky sixth grader who creates an origami Yoda puppet that dispenses surprisingly wise advice to his classmates. Key Features: * Humor and Relatability: Packed with laugh-out-loud moments and relatable middle school scenarios, these books are perfect for young readers navigating the ups and downs of school life. * Unique Concept: The ingenious idea of a paper Yoda offering sage advice adds a delightful twist that will captivate both kids and Star Wars fans. * Engaging Characters: Meet a diverse cast of characters, each with their own unique quirks and stories, making it easy for readers to find someone to connect with. * Life Lessons: Through the whimsical wisdom of Origami Yoda, the series subtly imparts valuable lessons about friendship, courage, and self-acceptance. * Interactive Fun: Includes instructions for making your own origami creations, adding an interactive and creative element to the reading experience. Join Dwight and his friends as they navigate the challenges of middle school with the help of Origami Yoda's mysterious and often funny guidance. Perfect for fans of humor, adventure, and a touch of the Force! A not so long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away. . . Here are the books included in this set: See the mystery of Origami Yoda unfurl in The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. Watch Tommy learn to stand up for himself and others in Darth Paper Strikes Back. Find out where Dwight went in The Secret of the Fortune Wookie. Join the newly formed Rebel Alliance to combat mind-numbing standardized testing in The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett. Negotiate with Principal Rabbski in Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue!. Finally, travel with Tommy and his friends to Washington, DC, where they must learn to survive without origami, in Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus. Plus, make origami Star Wars characters at home with the help of step-by-step guides found in every book!

Melody Jones is back from the dead! All around the world people are vanishing. Charity Michaels is dying and Erica is worried that a new demon uprising is about to begin. Marcy has a new vampire tribe to contend with and Raff's now a married man. Petra Noir has to go to a new school, while Miso tries or organise a gang of homeless kids. In LA a nameless evil is beginning to make itself known and in the depths the great beast leviathan is about to rise. It's the end of the world, and Libby Hall does not feel fine. Also, Jennifer D'mon turns up unexpectedly to help humanity...

Discover OptoSigma’s brand series : Project Avatar. It’s a series of comics around breakthroughs in science guided by the photonics revolution. Follow the Adventures of our Robot/Hero Kazu in the latest and future editions of OptoSigma’s Project Avatar comics. Project Avatar is a comic created to feature OptoSigma’s Optic and Optomechanical parts in a robot, named Kazu, who self assembles after a Gamma Ray blasts a hole in the OptoSigma building.

While storytelling is a great favorite of preschoolers, many elementary age children are more drawn to crafts and other activities. StoryCraft is an award-winning library program that combines storytelling with crafts in an exciting and engaging activity for children in first through third grades. Each one-hour program includes storytelling, a craft, movement, activities, music, and discussion. This collection of StoryCraft programs presents 50 fun and educational theme-based sessions. Each includes suggestions for promotion, music, crafts, activities, and stories. The sessions also include bibliographies to help direct young readers toward additional reading, as well as diagrams, detailed instructions, and supply lists for the crafts. The themes range from a Jungle Safari to Math Mayhem to a Western Roundup, all encouraging children to enjoy reading in a variety of ways. Each session has plenty of suggestions, so that the program can be customized. Helpful Hints for implementing the program can help any librarian, volunteer, or parent turn a ho-hum storytime into a dazzling StoryCraft time.

Fundamental Molecular Biology Discover a focused and up to date exploration of foundational and core concepts in molecular biology The newly revised Third Edition of Fundamental Molecular Biology delivers a selective and precise treatment of essential topics in molecular biology perfect for allowing students to develop an accurate understanding of the applications of the field. The book applies the process of discovery-observations, questions, experimental designs, results, and conclusions-with an emphasis on the language of molecular biology. Readers will easily focus on the key ideas they need to succeed in any introductory molecular biology course. Fundamental Molecular Biology provides students with the most up to date techniques and research used by molecular biologists today. Readers of the book will have the support and resources they need to develop a concrete understanding of core and foundational concepts of molecular biology, without being distracted by outdated or peripheral material. Readers will also benefit from the inclusion of: A thorough introduction to and comparison of eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms illustrating the variation of cellular processes across organisms Tool boxes exploring up to date experimental methods and techniques used by molecular biologists Focus boxes providing detailed treatment of topics that delve further into experimental strategies Disease boxes placing complex regulatory pathways in their relevant context and illustrating key principles of molecular biology Perfect for instructors and professors of introductory molecular biology courses, Fundamental Molecular Biology will also earn a place in the libraries of anyone seeking to improve their understanding of molecular biology with an insightful and well-grounded treatment of the core principles of the subject.