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The Big Book of STEM Activities

By Sam Hutchinson and Jenny Jacoby and Catherine Bruzzone
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The Big Book of STEM Activities by Sam Hutchinson, Jenny Jacoby, and Catherine Bruzzone is a children's book filled with exciting and engaging do-it-yourself activities focusing on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It inspires young readers to explore the wonders of the STEM world through fun experiments, puzzles, and hands-on projects. Perfect for curious minds, it encourages creativity and problem-solving skills in an interactive way.
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You might enjoy this children's book if you're looking for engaging and educational activities that introduce young minds to the wonders of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. With a variety of hands-on experiments and colourful illustrations, it is perfect for encouraging curiosity and creativity in kids, making learning both fun and inspiring.

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This fun bumper activity book will ignite a lifelong passion for STEM !

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STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. Each of these topics is important on its own but when their powers combine they are unstoppable! From rocks and volcanos to robots and soundwaves, the information in this bumper activity book will spark a lifelong passion for learning, inventing, problem-solving and discovering.

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The Big Book of STEM Activities is praised for being engaging and educational, offering a wide range of hands-on experiments and projects that are both fun and informative. It encourages critical thinking and creativity in children by exploring various STEM subjects in an accessible and interactive manner. Ideal for young learners, it effectively combines learning with play, making science, technology, engineering, and mathematics exciting and approachable.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781922806833

Publisher: Affirm Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 November 2022

Country: Australia

Imprint: Affirm Kids

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Vicky Barker

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 239.0mm

Weight: 950g

Pages: 296

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About the Author

Jenny Jacoby is a science graduate who now works as an author and editor in publishing. Her work includes the bestselling STEM Starters for Kids series for b small (UK).

Catherine Bruzzon has more than 30 years' experience teaching languages to children and developing innovative language learning programmes as well as publishing all other types of non-fiction books for children from art to science.

Sam Hutchinson is an award-winning children's book publisher and author of information books for children.

Vicky Barker has designed and illustrated for publishers such as Usborne, Egmont and Catnip as well as b small where she is art director

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