Big Tinkers

big tinkers is an educational non-profit organization providing programs for hands-on science and technology learning, using real tools and materials. more and more today, we are all getting out of touch with the stories behind our stuff. we buy, use, throw away, and buy again, but how often do we make things? how often do we question how things work? look at an object around you. can you tell the story of how it came to be? do you know what it’s made of? do you know how it works? could you make it? we want to ask all these questions for kids, and then help them find the answers they don’t have! at big tinkers, we operate with a few basic principles: - we don’t respect kids any less just because they are kids. - kids deserve to use real tools and make real things. - we never put a boundary on imagination. - we let kids do things for themselves. - we believe that kids can surpass your expectations. some people look at kids taking things apart, smashing, cracking, breaking, snapping, and