Help your kids take charge of the world they want to create by designing inventions and solutions to challenges faced in the imaginaryCity X, the first human settlement on another planet.
*2021 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books in Hands-On Science Longlist* *2021 EUREKA! Nonfiction Children’s Honor Book* Adventures in Engineering for Kids features:
35 hands-on problem-solving, design thinking, and engineering activities
Flexible and adaptable content for different ages and stages
Social distance compatibility
Design an Irresistible Future In settling another planet, humans discover a host of challenges, much like those faced on Earth. The Mayor of City X has established an elite engineering team called the Irresistible Futures Agency, charged with tackling major challenges like:
Energy
Environment
Transportation
Security
Food
Safety
Health
Problem Solving, Design Thinking, and Engineering As an Irresistible Futures engineer, kids (and adults!) come up with their own unique solutions to big problems. They use design thinking, systems thinking, and other problem-solving activities that are part of being a good engineer for the future. Activities help them:
Explore the impact of global challenges
Make complex issues simple and understandable
Imagine a better future
Create solutions to the challenges they care most about
Share their best ideas with the world
Science-Fact and Real-World Case Studies Along the way, readers learn about real-world innovators and technologies that are making this future possible, from inventors building megastructures in space to companies powering cities with baby poop.
Diversity and Inclusion In each Chapter, kids design a solution for citizens of City X, who share perspectives on each challenge. The 35 citizens represent a diversity of culture, age, gender, background, and ability, so every reader can see themselves in the story and expand their perspective at the same time.
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