The Tinkering Workshop - Explore, Invent & Build With Everyday Materials; 100 Hands On Steam

"A makerspace educator inspires kids to be creative with 100 inventive tinkering projects that illustrate the principles of science, encourage experimentation and discovery, and sharpen STEAM skills"--

About the author

Ryan Jenkins is the co-founder of Wonderful Idea Co., a design studio that creates resources to support STEAM education and the development of 21st century skills. He’s a leader in the field of making and tinkering education and partners with children’s museums, schools, universities, professional organizations, companies, and funders. He’s a former tinkerer and educator at the Exploratorium in San Francisco and developed summer curriculum for kids at the Tinkering School that blended large scale construction with learner-centric investigations of electronics, robotics, and programming. He has written for Make Magazine and is a regular contributor to the Tinkering Studio Blog at the Exploratorium. He lives in California.
 

Summary

A makerspace educator offers 100 inventive, open-ended tinkering projects and prompts to inspire kids aged 8 to 12 to play and explore scientific principles, using wood, hardware, electronics, plastic pipes, bendy wire, and other supplies from the hardware store and home workshop.

Foreword

A makerspace educator offers 100 inventive, open-ended tinkering projects and prompts to inspire kids aged 8 to 12 to play and explore scientific principles, using wood, hardware, electronics, plastic pipes, bendy wire, and other supplies from the hardware store and home workshop.

Product details

• Authors: Ryan Jenkins
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2024
• EAN: 9781635868098
• ISBN: 978-1-63586-809-8
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Physics, Interactive & activity books & packs, Children’s interactive and activity books and kits, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Activity Books / General, Educational: Physics, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Practical interests