TinkerLab® is a place where children are encouraged to follow their curiosities, test how materials work, experiment, and ultimately combine materials and ideas together in new, inventive ways.

The Unifix Cube Drum Machine connects your knowledge of patterns and ratios to drum rhythms. 

Play the virtual tube drums, learn how to make your instrument, and discover all of the great sounds your drums can produce.

If you’re interested in building a pan flute, or a set of pan pipes, this is the page for you!

This page will show you how to build and play a homemade musical instrument based on the Australian Didgeridoo.

Play the virtual glockenspiel, learn how to make your instrument, and discover all of the great songs your homemade glockenspiel can play.

Play the Virtual Fraction Tubes, learn how to make your instrument, and discover all of the great songs you can play with fractions.

In this Mystery, students observe animal behaviors and work to discover a pattern: all animals seek food in order to survive.

In this Mystery, students observe different animal behaviors and work to discover another pattern: all animals seek safety in order to survive.

In this Mystery, students use observations of the four classic seasons to spot patterns and thereby determine the seasons’ order.

In this Mystery, students discover that there are pushes and pulls involved in any kind of work, including the work done by machines.

Arts-centered, standards-based resources for in and out of school