Looks at the properties of different building materials, at joining materials, weak and strong shapes, roofs, foundations and bridges. Finally it relates all these ideas to the structure of the human body.
Information about different kinds of structures built by humans and ideas about what it is like to be involved in a construction project form the foundation for a variety of craft projects.
Hardcover
(The Watts Publishing Group, Nov. 4, 1993)
Approaches the science of shapes, structures and materials through fascinating projects and activities. The projects only use easily available materials and equipment, and they are explained by step-by-step instructions.
Describes some of the world's natural materials, such as minerals, and man-made, such as plastics, and the esthetic and functional uses to which they have been put, particularly in the construction of buildings and bridges
Information about different kinds of structures built by humans and ideas about what it is like to be involved in a construction project form the foundation for a variety of craft projects.