http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog think of what to build, build what you think of Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:26:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's a great pleasure to get a little ink in your favorite newspaper (online version of the article here). If you'd like to know more about the Tinkering School, I recently put together this quick reference (in support of an NPR story) that you might find useful. For a more in-depth article ... http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/greetings-new-york-times-readers/ It's always nice when some dedicated group of scientists comes along and "proves" what you've been saying all along. In Kids Need the Adventure of Risky Play the UK Guardian reports that "...a major study says parents harm their children's development if they ban tree-climbing or conkers." Conkers of course being ... http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/scientific-proof/ Greetings fellow NPR listeners! We couldn't be more excited about the story on "All Things Considered." Poke around the site to your heart's content, but if you're in a hurry, here are five pages you'll want to visit for sure: 1.NPR VisitThe day Chana and Lincoln (NPR reporters) came to visit. ... http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/quick-reference/ I'll admit that I have been napping almost continuously since the Tinkerers left. My apologies to the parents and friends of the Tinkerers. Your emails regarding the state of my health and sanity are most appreciated - I am perfectly fine, just completely exhausted as you might imagine. This has ... http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/96/ Here's a better glimpse of yesterday's marathon build. We're packing everyone up this morning so that we can finish the vehicles and get out and test them in a parking lot. Anticipation is high! [diary] Born to RideIsaac "The Chalupa" tests the alignment on the Bad Dog's chopper. Dark Lord of the Bad ... http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/day-5-second-update/ Our push to finish the motorized vehicles has gone on late into the evening. We had a major setback right before dinner when we discovered that the weed-whacker motors did not have an integral clutch, and had an idle-speed much higher than the wheels and gears we were using could ... http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/day-5-mini-update/ We started pretty early this morning, and kept it up all day, and then into the night after dinner, finally wrapping up at 9:45 - almost 13 hours of building. Despite being exhausted, we get back up to the house for hot chocolate and more discussion of the project. [diary] Sun SeekerLeo ... http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/another-big-tink/ I had some Flickr troubles with the media upload tonight, so it's kind of a short story today. As I get the rest of the media up tomorrow I'll make sure that no choice moments were lost. [diary] The New AddictionRobyn (who will be quick to point out that it was actually ... http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/the-call-of-the-sea/ Some complexities arose in the boats, and we ran out of gas for the wax melting stove, so we're about half a day behind schedule. Many interesting problems were surmounted though, and it gave us time to re-think and improve a couple of early design choices. Tomorrow the sea! [diary] Morning BulkheadsIt ... http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/and-the-boat-making-continues/ Boats, boats, boats.It's already almost 9 and we're still doodling about boats. Will it be eight tinkerers in one boat, four boats with two each, two boats with four, two boats with two, or maybe one? The kids seem to enjoy the fact that nothing is decided until we start ... http://www.tinkeringschool.com/blog/2008/from-sketches-to-boats/