How to Be an Engineer (Careers for Kids) by Vorderman, Carol

Carol Vorderman is a British celebrity. She is a STEM expert and her first degree was in engineering, at Cambridge University. She regularly appears on television and has won many awards for her educational work. She has worked on many books for DK, including Help Your Kids With Maths and several educational workbooks for young children.

Carol Vorderman is a British celebrity. She is a STEM expert and her first degree was in engineering, at Cambridge University. She regularly appears on television and has won many awards for her educational work. She has worked on many books for DK, including Help Your Kids With Maths and several educational workbooks for young children.

1: Amazing Materials1: What are materials?2: Making mud bricks3: Building walls4: Snap or bend?5: Tubes of strength6: Rusty nails7: Mae Jemison8: Make your own plastic9: Stephanie Kwolek10: Egg drop2: Strong Structures1: Build a gum drop tower2: Bridges3: Cardboard arch4: Skyscraper structures5: Fazlur Rahman Khan6: Tunnel building7: Making roads8: Isambard Kingdom Brunel9: Suspension bridge3: Mighty Machines1: Simple machines2: Ping pong catapult3: Leonardo Da Vinci4: Lifting weights5: Cardboard cogs6: Turning wheels7: Engines8: Robots9: Robot arm10: Cup phones11: Computers12: Grace Hopper13: Ping pong roller coaster4: Getting Around1: Transport2: Staying afloat3: Paddle boat4: Robert Stephenson5: Steam power6: Wings for flying7: The Wright brothers8: Balloon hovercraft9: Heavy planes10: Jet balloon11: Sailing boats5: Incredible Energy1: What is energy?2: Wind energy3: Nikola Tesla4: Electricity5: Sun power6: How solar panels work7: Build a dam8: Carton turbine6: Did you know?7: Glossary8: Index9: Acknowledgements