Tinkering: Kids Learn by Making Stuff (Make)
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (507 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1680450387 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 214 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Best First Tinkering Book! What a great book! Fantastic activities with cheap and easy to obtain materials. These projects can probably be built almost anywhere on Earth (that has a small market nearby) - the materials are so simple and universal. And the learning they provide is. Disappointed with quality of the physical book but good ideas that I will use Quality of the print is horrible, interior book design very cheapo, and tons of typos. I expected more from Make magazine. But the ideas are good.. mockingbird said and he and his father have had a great deal of fun with it. My grandson asked me for this for Christmas, and he and his father have had a great deal of fun with it.
This book is terrific! The philosophy couldn't have been better stated. Curt writes beautifully; it's very readable and his overall message is indisputably valuable, especially in these times of electronic gadgets. As the book points out, in recent years we find our kids can't even tie their shoes! Thus, in order to truly learn science, they need access to these sorts of hands-on opportunities more than ever. So hooray for the very valuable notion of community science works
Author Curt Gabrielson draws on more than 20 years of experience doing hands-on science to facilitate tinkering: learning science while fooling around with real things.This book shows you how to make:A drum set from plastic bottles, tape, and shrink-wrapMagnetic toys that dance, sway, and amazeCatapults, ball launchers, and table-top basketballA battery-powered magic wand and a steadiness game (don't touch the sides!)Chemical reactions with household itemsModels of bones and tendons that work like real arms and anklesSpin art machine and a hovercraft from a paper plate!Lifelong learners hungry for their next genuine experience. Make: Tinkering (Kids Learn by Making Stuff) lets you discover how, why--and even what it is--to tinker and tinker well. How can you consistently pull off hands-on tinkering with kids? How do you deal with questions that you can't answer? How do you know if tinkering kids are learning anything or not? Is there a line between fooling around with real stuff and learning?The idea of learning through tinkering is not so radical. From the dawn of time, whenever humanity has wanted to know more, we have achieved it most effectively by getting our hands dirty and making careful observations of real stuff