(PDF/DOWNLOAD) Adventures in Architecture for Kids: 30 Design Projects for STEAM Discovery

Adventures in Architecture for Kids: 30 Design Projects for
STEAM Discovery and Learning (Volume 2) (Design Genius
Jr., 2)
Description :
Design Genius Jr.: Adventures in Architecture for Kids introduces
kids to the design challenges faced by architects today, including
choosing materials, designing for diverse users, and considering the
environment. Offeringa world of possibilities for learning math,
engineering, history, social studies, planning, geography, art, and
design, this rich educational resource includes hands-on projects
that allow kids to experiment, design, build, succeed, fail, and try

again. Children will draw upon many fields of knowledge and
sharpen a variety of skills, including observation and
communication, as they: Complete building challenges with
corrugated cardboard and geodesic forms. Look at how designers
have solved impossible problems of gravity and space with creations
such as suspension bridges, the Loretto helix staircase, and
Brunelleschi&#8217sdome. Explore how materials can be used in
interesting ways&#8212ho paper can go from flimsy to structural,
for instance. Participate in family game playing: client and design
team&#8212fiding creative ways to meet a client&#8217swish list.
Use games to test strength, balance, and structure. Engage in pure
imaginative archi-doodling. Explain the why. Why did styles evolve
as they did? What technology was available when? Design
thinking&#8212crative problem solving&#8212wil be crucial to
resolving the global challenges in business, politics, and the
environment facing the next generation. Each book in the Design
Genius Jr. series teaches kids this important skill through fun,
hands-on projects in a single area of design that challenge them to
identify problems, explore possibilities, test ideas, and then come up
with original solutions.