"Make engineering for kids fun and inspiring. From toothpick towers and marble runs to egg drops and water rockets, Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids is filled with exciting projects that will challenge and delight kids ages 5-10. Kids learn how and why things work as they explore amazing projects all by themselves. These engineering for kids activities also help them discover important STEAM connections, showing how engineering relies on science, technology, art, and math."--Publisher's description.

Think like an engineer :What is an engineer? -- How to use this book -- The projects : Toothpick tower -- Straw rocket -- Water clock -- Paper towel -- Cardboard tube suspension bridge -- House of cards -- Rubber band guitar -- Clothes hanger balance scale -- Paper plate sundial -- Stick and modeling clay cabin -- Paper coding treasure hunt -- Shoebox foosball -- CD hovercraft -- Tinfoil barge -- Recycled bottle car -- Fantastical flying dragon -- Cardboard castle drawbridge -- Crafty rubber band shooter -- Paper cup telephone -- Solar water distiller -- Paper cup skyscraper -- Balloon-powered boat -- Water rocket blastoff -- Making milk plastic -- Pizza box solar oven -- Mini spoon-and-stick catapult -- Toy parachute -- Mighty wind meter -- Waterwheel -- Paper clip helicopter -- Rubber band race car -- Marble roller coaster -- Scissor lift grabber -- Rubber band paddleboat -- DIY electromagnet -- Egg drop challenge -- Cardboard tube marble run -- Craft stick truss bridge -- Shaker instrument -- Pipe cleaner maze -- Pendulum art -- Paper bridge penny holder -- Mini nature dam -- Lemon battery -- Pulley bucket lift -- Toy zip line -- Scribble bot -- Needle-and-cork compass -- Pom-pom popper -- Clothespin balancing stick -- Graphite circuit drawing -- Simple shelter -- Putting it all together.