Tinkering: Kids Learn by Making Stuff

Gabrielson, Curt

ISBN 10: 1449361013 / ISBN 13: 9781449361013

Published by Make Community, LLC, 2013

About this Item

This book is a well used but readable copy. Integrity of the book is still intact with no missing pages. May have notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tinkering: Kids Learn by Making Stuff
• Publisher: Make Community, LLC
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1449361013
• ISBN 13: 9781449361013
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: acceptable

About this title

Synopsis

After-school and out-of-school programs--as well as home schooling--have been growing steadily for nearly a decade, but instructors are still searching for high-interest content that ties into science standards without the rigidity of current classroom canon. The author draws on more than 20 years of experience doing hands-on science to facilitate tinkering: learning science while fooling around with real things.

In this book, you'll learn:

• Tinkering techniques in key science areas
• How to let kids learn science with hands-on tinkering
• Engaging techniques for science learning at home, in school, or at a makerspace or library
• Step-by-step instructions for activities that don't end with a single project, but that provide many paths for "tinkering forward".

About the Author

Curt Gabrielson runs the Watsonville Environmental Science Workshop and works with science education in East Timor. He has been a science educator for more than 20 years, with positions in the California public schools, the National University of East Timor, and San Francisco’s Exploratorium Teacher Institute.