Tinkering

[|Tinkering] is a critical concept for teachers. It is part of problem solving, so it is good for the brain. It leads to a sense of satisfaction for having figured out how to do something. It makes a limited set of materials into something[| potentially]unlimited. it keeps us away from excessive consumerism and the belief that if Walmart doesn't sell it, then I can't have it.

One of the first videos we found was Gever Tulley's Five Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do: media type="custom" key="20657677"

Here is a comic on Tulley's Tinkering School [|http://storage.ted.com/tinker/Comic.pdf]

One of our favorite websites for tinkering is: [|http://instructables.com]

Here are a couple of other tinkering-related things.

Build your own roller coaster: [|http://kaboom.org/blog/build_roller_coaster_your_kids_or_better_yet_your_kids?utm_source=082112&utm_medium=email&][|utm_campaign=eblast]

Cardboard Box video: [|http://vimeo.com/25239728]