Tinker Stories

Tinker STEM classes are back and we couldn't be more excited to grow and reach more young people with our program. Along with our unique learning approach, we have newly launched class names that well represent the dynamic courses on offer. i:Spy (Life Science) classes deepen the learning already happening [...]

 Tinker students enrolled in the IoT (Internet of Things) class have exercised their knowledge of electric energy from last term to master Arduino. In the 3-part lesson for Play a Melody students learnt: to play a buzzer with one button to light 6 LEDs using an array and a for loop [...]

Water is one of the most important resources on Earth. We need water to grow and to stay alive. It is important for us to drink and use clean water for cooking. We also need water to grow plants and care for animals, flush the toilet, and wash our clothes. [...]

Do you consider yourself an artist? If yes, creating your own paintbox in Scratch coding is a fun way to combine creativity and programming.   Much like Microsoft Paint, the Paint Box animation project can be used to draw, colour and edit pictures. In this activity, students select different coloured [...]

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 [...]