Ideal for middle school children, these useful and whimsicial contraptions can be made wiht inexpensive, easu-to-find materials such as recycled toy parts and motors, flashlight batteries, and other everyday household items. Simple-to-build gadgets and contraptions include: remote-controlled fanmousetrap alarmcanned laughter"someone's outside my door" lightwireless magic tricks
Each thought-provoking activity comes with complete, clear instructions, but that's not all. Plenty of suggestions are included for varying and changing each project to help children brainstorm their own cool inventionns.