Rob Ives

Text and color illustrations provide step-by-step instructions for creating a variety of origami animals. Projects increase in difficulty so readers can learn new visual spatial skills and build on them.

Provides step-by-step instructions to build a variety of boats using everyday materials such as hand-held fans, garden wire, zip ties, and baking soda. Includes explanations about the science behind how each boat moves, color photographs, and a glossary.

Step-by-step instructions illustrate forces and motion experiments and the science behind them, from a balloon hovercraft to a rubber-band racer.

Step-by-step instructions illustrate light experiments and the science behind light and lenses.

Step-by-step instructions and photos show how to make and test drive origami machines, including a car, a van, a rocket, and more.

Provides step-by-step instructions for building a variety of robots using everyday materials such as paper clips, drinking straws, corks, and cardboard. Includes explanations about the science behind how each robot moves, color photographs, and a glossary.

Provides illustrated step-by-step instructions on how to create prehistoric predator models using recycled materials and easy-to-find craft supplies.

Provides illustrated step-by-step instructions on how to create moving dinosaur models using recycled materials and easy-to-find craft supplies.

"Create handmade origami gifts for your friends and family, such as a pencil case, gift boxes, and a paper flower bouquet. Step-by-step instructions and photographs guide readers through projects of varied difficulty to increase visual-spatial reasoning skills -- Source other than Library of Congress.