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Recent Activities

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Storm in a Jar

This holiday, we will be encapsulating makeshift snowstorms in mason jars. This fun science experiment mixes household substances to create the illusion of stormy weather through chemical reactions!

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Dancing Corn

Some of the best parts of autumn are the leaves, the pumpkins and the corn. This month, we’re putting a scientific twist on fall by sparking a chemical reaction with things in our kitchen. Follow along with an adult to add a little magic to the season.

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Partnerships

Tinker Lab partners with local schools and community organizations to provide STEAM enrichment in a variety of in-school and afterschool residencies, outreach events, workshops, and family tinker festivals. Current partners include P.S.56 Lewis Latimer School, P.S.22Q, I.S.237Q, Queens Public Library, and the Child Center of New York Latimer Gardens, among others. Contact us to partner!

 

Birthdays

You can host a birthday at the Tinker Lab. Children can participate in the Hebocon activity.

Hebocon is a robot sumo-wrestling “competition.” It is a competition where robots–that have been built out of re-use materials –gather and somehow manage to engage in odd, funny battles.