Recent Activities
Shining Pennies
After being passed from person to person, hand to hand, it is no surprise that pennies can get quite dirty. If you’ve ever seen a brand new penny, it is a shiny copper color, but they will eventually turn brown. This is because of dirt and grime, but also because of copper oxide.
Let’s Make Glow in the Dark Slime!
Making glow-in-the-dark slime is a fun and exciting activity that combines chemistry, creativity, and sensory play.
Water Quality Testing
Let's become water quality detectives!
In this activity, we will explore and evaluate the quality of water in our environment.
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.
Make Ice Cream at Home
It’s SUMMER! What better way to enjoy the hot sun while eating ice cream you created yourself? Did you know that behind the scenes of making ice cream you’re actually using Science? How cool is that!
Egg-straordinary Experiments (Part 2)
Have you ever wondered why eggs have a shell and a transparent membrane? How could you remove the shell without breaking it or without boiling the egg? We can do that using some basic chemistry.
Egg-straordinary Experiments (Part 1)
Have you ever wondered why eggs have a shell and a transparent membrane? How could you remove the shell without breaking it or without boiling the egg? We can do that using some basic chemistry.
Baking Soda Experiments
Learn about chemical reactions using simple materials at home! Download – Baking Soda Experiments
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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.