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Sky Glider
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In this engineering design challenge, patrons use simple materials and helium balloons to create their own sky glider!
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Teacher's Guide
Provides classroom connections, key concepts, connections to science standards, and additional resources.
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Related Programming Resources
| Hints for uses in your library | Remind patrons to utilize the engineering design process. Failure is OK! |
| Originating Source | PBS Design Squad |
| Related Books [Suggest a book] |
These children’s books all deal with various themes involved in engineering such as the engineering design process, specific projects such as building bridges or houses, and perseverance through failure.
• Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty • Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty • Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty • This Bridge Will Not Be Gray by Dave Eggers • Cross a Bridge by Ryan Ann Hunter • What To Do With an Idea? By Kobi Yamada • Ish by Peter H. Reynolds • Stuck by Oliver Jeffers • The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds • The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires • How a House is Built by Gail Gibbons |