Wednesday afternoons, our homeschoolers have been taking Intensive Coding classes using Scratch. This course guides students to improve their problem solving ability using programming. In this aspect, students learn principle mathematical concepts - coordinates, directions, conditions (If-Then, Else) and variables, and apply it for Scratch coding. Last week, our students [...]
The Emotion Wheel teaches students how to use analog signals in order to control light and movement. To make this happen, students utilized variable resistance and basic methods of how to use the servo motor with Arduino. In order to complete this project, students had to code using the map [...]
We learn how rainbow appears in the sky with a science experiment to create my own rainbow. No rainbow in the sky today? No problem. You can see a rainbow without having to wait for the rain. For this fun science experiment, our junior Tinker students used a flashlight [...]
Last week in Scratch Coding, students used their animation skills to create projects on their own. The challenge set by the teacher was simple and yet tested the student’s ability to use programming commands in an efficient manner. Sounds easy, right? Each student used their own creativity [...]
On Saturday mornings, our junior students are learning Life Science with fun hands-on discovery. This program allows them to explore themselves and the organisms living around them. Tinker kids began this term with the subject of plants by observing, describing, and experimenting. Just to prove how far [...]
We are excited to be back for Tinker STEM Saturday 2018 with updated programs for children of all ages. Our first Saturday was abuzz with new teachers, new classrooms and new students! We anticipate a bright year for all! In Programming IoT, students began the term learning about analog and [...]
Tinker Education held the 2017 Nairobi Robotics & STEM Bootcamp from December 11th to 16th in 2017. Students from 5 to 17 years old worked in teams based on their ages. They learned the basics of engineering mechanics, electrical wiring, mechanical trouble-shooting, programming, and collaboration skills. Afterwards, they applied these [...]
Riara University and EMCAST signed the Memorandum of Understanding on November 29, 2017. This collaboration will boost and enhance Information and Communications Technology (ICT) education to children and young adults in Kenya.
During STEM Saturday Class, Tinker 2 class learnt about the different phases of the moon. Using LittleBits, students created their own hands-on projects to represent the rotating earth with a moon revolving around it. The moon revolves around the earth in a path known as an orbit. A complete revolution [...]
When life gives you lemons… you make a battery! That’s what we call Positive Energy!!! During STEM Saturday, Tinker 4 students created their own Lemon Battery Experiment in order to prove the science principle of electric currents. The simple lemon battery has been made with copper nails and thin pieces of [...]