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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.
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.
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 • 1:00 p.m. PT
Embrace the light with a story and a glowcopter.
Identifying the most important design attributes for engaging girls at STEM exhibits.
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.
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 is a Bilingual Research Associate in Visitor Research and Evaluation.
Get a glimpse into three of the past year's most inspiring projects in this 30-minute video.
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Saturday, December 11, 2021 • 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.
Animations capture winter’s cool gleam and the heart’s warm glow.
Through Sunday, January 30, 2022
Light up with luminous sculptures that invite you to connect and play in their glow.
Thursday, December 2, 2021 • 8:30 p.m.
Investigate some colorful ways to make things glow.
Celebrate your wedding in a unique venue with exciting exhibits and unforgettable views.