Tinkerlab is proud to bring to you a series of DIY workshop whereby the participant will be taught on how to build their gadget and learn the science concepts and scientific applications behind them.
Each workshop comes with one gadget that the participant will bring home at the end of the day.
The four different workshops are:
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Solar
Cooker Making Workshop ($50 nett)
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Jet
Boat Making Workshop ($50 nett)
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Electric
Bell Making Workshop ($50 nett)
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Windmill
Making Workshop ($50 nett)
ALL materials and tools needed for the workshop will be provided. Participants will be able to bring home all the science models that they have built !
REGISTER HERE!
Solar Cooker Making Workshop
Make
your own solar cooker and use it to boil water!
Integration
with school topics:
·
Systems
– Parts working together
·
Three
states of Water – Evaporation and condensation
·
Heat
– Principles of heat transfer and effects of heat gain and heat loss
·
Application
of science concepts to daily life
Date: 8 June (Saturday) / 15 June (Saturday)
Time
: 10am –12pm
The solar cooker is about 21 cm tall when completed with solar dish facing upwards.
Jet
Boat Making Workshop
Make
your own jet boat and have a race in a water pool!
Integration
with school topics:
·
Systems
– Parts working together
·
Electricity
– Connecting batteries, wires and motor to make a moving toy
·
Forces
– How streamlined body shape helps to reduce water resistance and conserve
energy
·
Application
of science concepts to daily life
Date: 9 June (Sunday) / 16 June (Sunday)
Time
: 2pm –4pm
The power boat is about 15 cm long when completed.
Electric
Bell
Make
your own electric bell and see how electromagnetism works to make it ring!
Integration
with school topics:
·
Systems
– Parts working together
·
Electricity
– Connecting batteries, wires and motor to make an electrical gadget
·
Magnets
– Electromagnetisation
·
Application
of science concepts to daily life
Date: 22 June (Saturday)
Time
: 10am –12pm
The electric bell system is about 16 cm long when completed.
Windmill
Making Workshop
Make
your own windmill that stands almost 50cm tall and see how the movement of its
blades can help to generate electricity!
Integration
with school topics:
·
Systems
– Parts working together
·
Electricity
– Connecting batteries, wires and motor to make a windmill model
·
Energy
– Conversion of kinetic energy to electrical energy
·
Man
& his Environment – Renewable sources of energy
·
Application
of science concepts to daily life
Date: 23 June (Sunday)
Time
: 2pm –4pm
Date:
29 June (Saturday)
Time
: 10am –12pm
The windmill is about 46 cm tall including the blades when completed.
