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Doc Fizzix Mousetrap Racers

The Complete Builder's Manual
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In this guide written by a Teacher-of-the-Year winner, your kids will learn how to construct race cars from ordinary, affordable household materials, while learning the science behind how they work, in language easy enough for a 7th grader to understand.

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Pages 144
Publish Date 2008-09-10
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Size 8.0" x 8.0" x 0.375"
Author Alden Balmer
Product Form Paperback / softback

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like team of robots, walk children through four complete projects for building different vehicles. Hey, it's not always about making sawdust.
Doc Fizzix Mousetrap Racers, by Alden J. Balmer, has almost nothing to do with woodworking, but just might produce a future woodworker. The book teaches children how to build race cars from ordinary contraptions, such as a mousetrap. It not only gives them the basic construction secrets to design and build a vehicle, but also unearths the science behind how they work, in a language easy enough for a seventh
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Year winner, your kids will learn how to construct race cars from ordinary, affordable household materials, while learning the science behind how they work, in language easy enough for a 7th grader to understand. With color photos, diagrams, fun illustrations, and four complete projects, your family will be racing vehicles that go the distance and go for the gold!
Kids are naturally curious. They love to build stuff and projects that involve cars will entertain children for hours. In this guide written by a Teacher
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balloon, rubber band, and, of course, mousetraps. The first step is to get your hands on a copy of Mousetrap Racers: The Complete Builder's Manual, the definitive guide for the dad who wants a fun way to get his feet wet as a homeschool teacher.
Mousetrap Racers: The Complete Builder's Manual ($14.95) may be the one book you add to your homeschool curriculum collection that gets dad more involved in your homeschool. It is not curriculum in the sense of a textbook or a unit study guide. However, Mousetrap Racers is definitely a great learning tool. Written by Alden J. Balmer, also known as "Doc Fizzix", this book goes beyond the how
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balloon, rubber band, and, of course, mousetraps. The first step is to get your hands on a copy of Mousetrap Racers: The Complete Builder's Manual, the definitive guide for the dad who wants a fun way to get his feet wet as a homeschool teacher.
Mousetrap Racers: The Complete Builder's Manual ($14.95) may be the one book you add to your homeschool curriculum collection that gets dad more involved in your homeschool. It is not curriculum in the sense of a textbook or a unit study guide. However, Mousetrap Racers is definitely a great learning tool. Written by Alden J. Balmer, also known as "Doc Fizzix", this book goes beyond the how
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This new book for teachers and families wanting to encourage education while having fun, provides a step
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This new book for teachers and families wanting to encourage education while having fun, provides a step

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About the Author

Doc Fizzix-Alden J. Balmer-is an award-winning physics teacher from McNeil High School in Round Rock Independent School District and the 1996 Texas Science Teacher of the Year. Doc Fizzix has appeared on several nationally aired television programs and has been featured in many magazines including: "The Science Teacher," "Boys' Life," "Web Page Design," "Physics Today," and more

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