{"product_id":"more-tinkering-how-kids-in-the-tropics-learn-by-making-stuff-9781680454369","title":"More Tinkering: How Kids in the Tropics Learn by Making Stuff","description":"\u003cp\u003eTinkering is a way of learning through hands-on activity -- experimenting with materials and devices to see how they work, taking things apart, making small changes and improvements, exploring and inventing. Tinkering may seem like a form of play -- and it is -- but it is also a powerful way of discovering truths about science, engineering, and math. With this book, Curt Gabrielson follows up on his best-seller \u003ci\u003eTinkering: Kids Learn by Making Stuff\u003c\/i\u003e with this all-new volume that features more than three dozen fun and educational tinkering projects based on his years of working with kids in the tropical island nation of Timor-Leste. Step-by-step instructions accompanied by full-color photos take you through a range of enjoyable projects that explore life sciences, physics, chemistry, earth sciences, and mathematics. You'll discover how math is used to make baskets, how fungi create fermentation, how electricity can make a magnet, how the greenhouse effect creates warming, and much more. The author also enlivens his latest batch of tinkering projects with colorful tales of his experiences in the tropic and the lives of the people he' s met there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInside you'll find: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eClear directions for making simple projects and doing activities that teach science, mathematics and engineering\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eProjects rooted in day to day life and experience in a small, developing nation in the Asian tropics\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eFull-color photographs throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eExplicit connections to standard STEAM concepts, K-12\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eActivities doable with less than $5 worth of common materials\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is perfect for parents, teachers, and students with an interest in hands-on, tinkering-based science and mathematics education, whether in traditional schools or in home-schooling situations. It will also be of interest to anyone who wants to learn more about developing nations, the culture and unique history of Timor-Leste, tropical nations or Asian cultures, with specific links to Indonesia, Portugal, or Australia.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Make Community, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680454369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 8.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Curt Gabrielson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36665457901724,"sku":"9781680454369","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3a662c85-7857-4d85-97ed-54cfe82b19cd.jpg?v=1603909509","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/more-tinkering-how-kids-in-the-tropics-learn-by-making-stuff-9781680454369","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}