SKY Pony Brick Science STEM Tips and Tricks for Experimenting with Your LEGO Bricks Jacquie Fisher M S PRESS Sky Pony Press New York
Table of Contents AN INTRODUCTION TO BRICK SCIENCE 1 Tips for Using this Book A Note for Parents Educators 1 For Kids 2 Meet the Brick Scientists 2 EXPLORING EARTH SCIENCE WITH BRICKS 5 DIY Brick Dinosaur Dig 7 Learning the Layers of the Atmosphere 13 Creating a Model of the Water Cycle 19 Making 2D and 3D Bar Graphs 23 Telling Time with a Brick Sundial 27 Building a Rain Gauge to Measure Rainfall 31 Building Constellations 35 BRICK BIOLOGY 39 Creating Your Own Brick Insect 41 Designing a Bug Hotel 45 Brick Worm Viewer Habitat 49 Animal Armor Engineering an Exoskeleton 55 Exploring the Parts of a Leaf 59 Constructing a Brick Plant Cell 63 Exploring the Science of Taste 69 BRICK PHYSICS 73 Spell That Again The Science of Reflection 75 Water Refraction Science Experiment or Magic Trick 79
