Tinkering Labs and the Electric Motors Catalyst

Posted on May 8 2015 by julie

Gever found that he just wasn’t busy enough with Tinkering School (now 10 years old), Fifty Dangerous Things (now 6 years old) and Brightworks (now 5 years old). It was time for the Next Big Thing in Tinkering: Tinkering …

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New York Times: Learning Through Tinkering

Posted on April 5 2015 by julie

Contributing Op-Ed Writer Allison Arieff is based in San Francisco and has sent her daughter to Tinkering School programs here. She writes a wonderful description for The Opinion Pages in the New York Times, including a plug for …

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Gever on NPR (and again and again!)

Posted on September 6 2014 by julie

First, Gever was on the NPR program, TED Radio Hour, talking about “What Can Kids Learn By Doing Dangerous Things?”: archive

Then, a portion of Gever’s segment was rebroadcast on NPR Weekend Saturday Edition! archive (scroll down …

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Coming Soon to Chicago Children’s Museum

Posted on May 23 2014 by julie

A new interactive exhibit opens in the Chicago Children’s Museum on June 1, 2014: Danger 101: Daring Deeds for Curious Kids

According to the press release, “Using Tulley’s book, 50 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do, …

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50 Dangerous Things in the New York Times (again)

Posted on May 23 2014 by julie

The Motherlode blog just posted a story with lots of great books for summer fun (everyone should grab a copy of The Art of Tinkering by our pals at the Exploratorium, Karen Wilkenson and Mike Petrich!).

Thanks to Jessica …

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Gever is an Allen Distinguished Educator!

Posted on February 6 2014 by julie

On February 5, 2014, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation announced the first Allen Distinguished Educators (ADE). Not only are these the first awards from this foundation to recognize achievement specifically in education, but they are also one of …

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2013 Update

Posted on December 15 2013 by julie

It’s hard to believe 2013 is almost over. While we still don’t have any visibility on a 50 More Dangerous Things (and haven’t even decided if it’s just “more things” or truly “more dangerous” things!), Brightworks is thriving and …

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Fifty Dangerous Things in Russian!

Posted on December 6 2013 by julie

We aren’t really directly involved in the process of getting the book translated into other languages, and the process takes a really long time (compared to how quickly we create the book in the first place!). So forgive us …

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What has Gever been up to (2012 edition)?

Posted on December 6 2013 by julie

As some of you may have noticed, there hasn’t been much 50 Dangerous Things news in the past two years. That’s because Gever went and started a school. A “real” school! It’s kept him pretty busy – if you’d …

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Gever On Tour – 2011

Posted on December 5 2013 by julie

Gever did several speaking engagements and workshops in 2011 (it was a very busy Spring!). I found this blog posting in our “draft” section and decided to finish it and share, since it’s chock-full of links to YouTube videos!…

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