Many times we know that art is either a drawing or a painting, sometimes it can be stitched as well, like the patterns in clothes or tablecloths. But did you know that art can also be simply coded for? That is what Ayanda, 9 and a half years old student, [...]
Surely with a little encouragement and great support, young kids can do amazing things. This is Mbula, she is only 8 years old but does not cease to amaze her teacher and parents. With her beautiful imagination, Mbula made a snowman by way of coding! She combined her favourite colours [...]
Mulu, 8 years old, started the Tinker STEM program when he was 7 years. His mum saw the curiosity in Mulu at home and interest in technology and enrolled him at Tinker. For a student doing coding for the first time, Mulu was quite exceptional at how he planned his [...]
Previously on Keeping up with Tinker students! So last Saturday in Microcontroller class, a class composed of students between the age of 8-10 years had a one on one presentation session whereby each student becomes the teacher once they complete plotting their acceleration with Micro Bit coding. Acceleration as we [...]
Have you heard of automated driving? Or know how on Facebook before tagging someone on their photos, their names pop up automatically even before you type it! This is an example of how Machine Learning works. Tinker Education 2020 curriculum introduced Machine Learning course for the most advanced class. The [...]
Throwback to how time was told in the past! The sundial as we know is used to indicate time by the way it casts shadow based on the position of the sun. The Young Scientists of Tinker Education learnt different concepts such as how shadows are formed, the earth’s axis, [...]
Do you smile when you get tickled? You can make Micro:bit smile too! Last week at Tinker, we learned to make Micro:bit smile when we tickle them. Micro:bit has input and output pins, and we can use Python to code it to make a specific output when an input is [...]
Term 3 is over! What a great term it has been! The Tinker Education students have been having long weeks, from their regular school on weekdays to Saturday after school STEM program on Saturdays. The term has been so great with the advanced i:Imagine class presenting to their parents [...]
We all apply statements in our everyday life! More than we realize. For example, If (traffic signal is red) Stop Else Go The above is a simple code made by Dylan, age 8, in his project. We act out the above code on a daily basis.We are simple characters programmed [...]
(cr. https://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/10-reasons-why-minecraft-beneficial-for-your-kids.html) It’s the December Holidays! Tinker Education is pleased to invite kids age 5 - 15 years old to the Computer Science and Minecraft Bootcamp. In this increasingly digital world, children must become fluent in current technologies. To help children build a strong social ties and improve other [...]