"From building a kaleidoscope or designing a fidget spinner to creating a musical instrument or planting a rain forest...Make this! is packed with creativity-boosting projects for all kinds of kid creators. Step-by-step instructions guide kids through projects they can really build. Open-ended prompts, inspired by actual National Geographic explorers, give kids a chance to use their problem-solving and maker skills - plus the science they learned in the hands-on activities - to tackle real world scenarios. Perfect for curious kids, family activities, librarians, artists, engineers, storytellers, or anyone with an inventive streak, this is the book to get your brain buzzing and your hands fiddling!" -- From page 4 of cover.

Includes index.

What Is a Maker? --Makerspaces and Makerboxes -- Dissect a Toy Challenge -- How to Use This Book -- Chapter 1 : Simple Machines -- Quick Facts -- Rolling Pin Pulley -- Pencil Pusher -- Belt Mover -- Skee-Ball Challenge -- Archimedes' Screw -- Solve This! -- Chapter 2 : Materials -- Quick Facts -- Power Colors -- Rescue a Dinosaur -- Clean & Clear -- Walking Water -- Solve This! -- Chapter 3 : Systems -- Quick Facts -- Water From Leaves -- Marble Maze Challenge -- Rain Forest in a Bottle -- Rube Goldberg Machine -- Solve This! -- Chapter 4 : Optics -- Quick Facts -- Reflection Target Practice -- Color Kaleidoscope -- Scoping the Scene -- All the Colors of the Rainbow -- Tiny Things -- Zoom Out -- Solve This! -- Chapter 5 : Energy -- Quick Facts -- Portable Power -- Magnetize It! -- Sun Stove -- Solar Updraft Tower -- Solve This! -- Chapter 6 : Acoustics -- Quick Facts -- String Phone -- Silly Noisemaker -- Sound Wave Stethoscope -- Kazoo -- Guitar -- Drums -- Xylophone -- Solve This! -- Chapter 7 : Forces -- Quick Facts -- Water Balloon Helmet -- Catapult -- Ball Launcher -- Tower Challenge -- Roman Arch -- Truss Bridge -- Fidget Spinner -- Solve This! -- Chapter 8 : Motion -- Quick Facts -- Balloon Car -- Stomp Rocket -- Straw Rocket -- Hovercraft -- Solve This!.