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Wow in the World

Tinkerclass (Week 1 Day 2): Explore & Plan

Wow in the World

Tinkercast | Wondery

Education, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.629.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2020

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

It's day 2 of TINKERCLASS--the explore and plan phase. Look around your home for a problem you'd like to solve. This week's project features the Wow in the World episode, Hugomatic 3000! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Hey, Prime Members! You can listen to Wow in the World,

0:03.4

Early and Add Free on Amazon Music.

0:06.6

Download the app today!

0:08.6

Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh!

0:11.1

Bring out your pencils and a fresh sheet of parchment.

0:16.6

For Tinker Class is about to begin.

0:23.7

Welcome back to Tinker Class.

0:26.1

It's day two, and we're ready to get this party started.

0:29.5

But first, if you missed yesterday's class,

0:32.0

take a pause and go back and listen to yesterday's episode to catch up.

0:36.9

Don't worry, we'll be here when you come back.

0:39.0

This week, our project is inspired by our wow in the world episode,

0:43.0

Huggamatic 3000 and the future of soft robotics.

0:47.2

In this episode, we learned that scientists use something called biomemically

0:52.4

to create a new soft robot.

0:55.1

Biomemically is when people solve problems using ideas found in nature.

1:00.5

In this case, scientists solve the problem of not being able to study fragile,

1:05.8

deep-sea jellyfish by creating a soft robot modeled after octopus tentacles.

1:12.6

And for the next four days, we're going to solve a problem in your home using biomemically.

1:20.0

This means you'll be trying to find inspiration from an animal characteristic or behavior.

1:26.0

To begin, your challenge is to identify a few problems in your home that you'd like to solve.

1:31.8

Can't reach the top shelf to reach your old Halloween candy?

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