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Computational Tinkering Explorations
Ghost Wind Tube
We love seeing how makers and educators pick up tinkering projects and riff on them in playful ways! Claire Pillsbury from the Bay Area Discovery Museum shared a few photos of kids making their own ghosts and testing them out in wind tubes for Halloween. She said "there was a lot of excitement when the kiddos got to see their golf whiffle ball and fabric ghosts fly around in and up out of the tube.
Making Faces, Animating with Code, and Tinkering with Facilitation
Guest post written by Ronni Hayden, who is a second year PhD student studying Creative Technology and Design in the ATLAS Institute at the University of Colorado, Boulder. As part of the Creative Communities research group at CU Boulder, she is excited to continue researching how to design learning environments that empower all students to become computational creators, build relationships with their family and/or peers through joyful and creative experiences, dream of radical new futures for themselves and their communities with technology and develop a more robust sense of self.
Storytime Science for Kids Online: The Glow Episode
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 • 1:00 p.m. PT
Embrace the light with a story and a glowcopter.
EDGE
Exhibit Designs for Girls’ Engagement
Identifying the most important design attributes for engaging girls at STEM exhibits.
Making Colorful Music with Scratch Video Detection
Guest post written by Nathan Rabinovitch, tinkering resident with the Brazilian Creative Learning Network. Nathan is a researcher and partner of LSITec at POLI-USP's electrical engineering State University and a practicing teacher at Elementary High School.
Música colorida com Detecção de Vídeo do Scratch
Post escrito pelo convidado Nathan Rabinovitch, residente tinkering da Rede Brasileira de Aprendizagem Criativa, pesquisador e parceiro do LSITec da faculdade de engenharia elétrica da POLI-USP e professor de Ensino Fundamental e Médio. Desde pequeno, Nathan pesquisa e explora as relações e as complexidades que emergem das diferentes combinações entre materiais, tecnologias e narrativas.
Hsin-Yi Chien
Hsin-Yi Chien is a Bilingual Research Associate in Visitor Research and Evaluation.
2021 State of the Exploratorium Online
Get a glimpse into three of the past year's most inspiring projects in this 30-minute video.
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2021 Impact Report
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Saturday Cinema: Luminous Stories
Saturday, December 11, 2021 • 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.
Animations capture winter’s cool gleam and the heart’s warm glow.
Glow
Through Sunday, January 30, 2022
Light up with luminous sculptures that invite you to connect and play in their glow.
Online Event: Glow Science
Thursday, December 2, 2021 • 8:30 p.m.
Investigate some colorful ways to make things glow.
Weddings
Celebrate your wedding in a unique venue with exciting exhibits and unforgettable views.
Unstable Table
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