
The Tinkering Workshop
Explore, Invent & Build with Everyday Materials; 100 Hands-On STEAM Projects
Ryan Jenkins(Author)
Storey Publishing LLC
Published on 15. October 2024
Book
Hardback
168 pages
978-1-63586-751-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Gather some basic tools and supplies from a hardware store, garage, basement, woodshop, or recycling bin. Now get ready to tinker, explore, and engineer with screws, bendy wire, metal washers, plastic pipes, dowels, electronics, LED lights, and more! Makerspace educator Ryan Jenkins inspires kids aged 8 to 12 to look at familiar supplies in new and unexpected ways, to think with their hands, troubleshoot tricky constructions, and sharpen their problem-solving skills. Kids are invited to imagine how to use the supplies on hand with projects, such as building Flexible Forts with cardboard and screws, making Art Robots with hobby motors, constructing a Water Factory with plastic pipes, balancing Sky Trams on strings, and engineering Surprising Switches with wire and foil. As they build, they'll learn about balance, center of gravity, comparative measuring, electricity, and more. Engaging photography jump-starts hours of curiosity and creativity. Start with a string, PVC pipe, cardboard ramp, or flexible tube-and see where it leads!
Gather some basic tools and supplies from a hardware store, garage, basement, woodshop, or recycling bin. Now get ready to tinker, explore, and engineer with screws, bendy wire, metal washers, plastic pipes, dowels, electronics, LED lights, and more! Makerspace educator Ryan Jenkins inspires kids aged 8 to 12 to look at familiar supplies in new and unexpected ways, to think with their hands, troubleshoot tricky constructions, and sharpen their problem-solving skills. Kids are invited to imagine how to use the supplies on hand with projects, such as building Flexible Forts with cardboard and screws, making Art Robots with hobby motors, constructing a Water Factory with plastic pipes, balancing Sky Trams on strings, and engineering Surprising Switches with wire and foil. As they build, they'll learn about balance, center of gravity, comparative measuring, electricity, and more. Engaging photography jump-starts hours of curiosity and creativity. Start with a string, PVC pipe, cardboard ramp, or flexible tube-and see where it leads!
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Workman Publishing
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
836 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-63586-751-0 (9781635867510)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
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.
Content
Welcome to Tinkering!
1 Get Ready to Tinker
Start Exploring
Tinkering Supplies
Make a Tinkering Station
Snip & Cut
Attach the Parts
Bend, Cut & Strip Wire
Drill & Saw Wood
Connect Circuits
2 Constructions
Clothespins
Build-It Kit
Wood Scraps
Scrappy Stacks
Screws
Flexible Forts
Bearing Balls & Marbles
Chair Marble Run
3 Balance
Washers
Weighted Wobblers
Stainless Steel Wire
Wire Mobiles
String & Rope
Sky Trams
4 Mechanisms
Cardboard
Cardboard Crank Sliders
Dowels
Making Waves
Brass Paper Fasteners
Linkage Party
5 Light and Shadow
Googly Eyes
Shadow Scenes
Mirrors
Cool Kaleidoscopes
Bubble Wrap
Bubble Wrap Suncatchers
6 Electrical Circuits
Motors
Art Robots
Aluminum Foil
Surprising Switches
Confetti Drop
LEDs
Glow City
7 Wind & Water
Plastic Bags
Inflatable Friends
Recycled Cups
Wild Windmills
Cork & Foam
Float a Boat
Plastic Tubes
Water Factory
Index
1 Get Ready to Tinker
Start Exploring
Tinkering Supplies
Make a Tinkering Station
Snip & Cut
Attach the Parts
Bend, Cut & Strip Wire
Drill & Saw Wood
Connect Circuits
2 Constructions
Clothespins
Build-It Kit
Wood Scraps
Scrappy Stacks
Screws
Flexible Forts
Bearing Balls & Marbles
Chair Marble Run
3 Balance
Washers
Weighted Wobblers
Stainless Steel Wire
Wire Mobiles
String & Rope
Sky Trams
4 Mechanisms
Cardboard
Cardboard Crank Sliders
Dowels
Making Waves
Brass Paper Fasteners
Linkage Party
5 Light and Shadow
Googly Eyes
Shadow Scenes
Mirrors
Cool Kaleidoscopes
Bubble Wrap
Bubble Wrap Suncatchers
6 Electrical Circuits
Motors
Art Robots
Aluminum Foil
Surprising Switches
Confetti Drop
LEDs
Glow City
7 Wind & Water
Plastic Bags
Inflatable Friends
Recycled Cups
Wild Windmills
Cork & Foam
Float a Boat
Plastic Tubes
Water Factory
Index