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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Young Inventor Tinkering Station

Pinspiration:  Tinkering Station for Young Engineers

So as you may have read in our previous post, we've been STREAMing a lot lately... I mean A LOT!  As in constantly, all day, everyday...

So the second I finished the STREAM Lab tour with the kids, my son jumped right in and began inventing.


The only rule for the tinker box is that you MUST create a plan and record all changes in your Engineering Design Notebook (something I use with my STEM students ALL the time).


When your little ones are done inventing, have them share their invention with you and ask them these great questions from A Mom With A Lesson Plan.

  • What did you design?
  • How does it work?
  • What parts were harder than you expected to design / draw / build / make?
  • Does this look and work like what you thought it would when you started? Why or why not?
  • What would you do differently next time?
Here's our working prototype:



So what are you waiting for?  Go out and build a tinker station of your own!!  Happy Tinkering with your little engineers!

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