Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself

From armored tanks and gliders to ‘plastic glass’ and drawing machines, this interactive book provides learning through hands-on building projects and activities. Kids examine some original sketches and learn about the models he made of his inventions. From there they delve into detailed step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and templates for each project, which are interspersed with historical facts, biographical anecdotes, and trivia. Most of the building can be done using simple household supplies: construction paper, tape, markers, glue, cardboard tubes, aluminum foil, and cardboard boxes.

• Knowledge Box Central families: Use this alongside the Art & Art History foldables, booklets, and lapbooks.
• Lucerna Academy families: Use this book for 5 weeks in Year 2 Dialectic History class.
• Tapestry of Grace families: Choose this or one of the lower-grammar or upper-grammar art books for hands-on projects during this unit.