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TinkerClass is designed for K-5th grade.

TinkerClass incorporates Science, STEAM and Language Arts.

You can assign TinkerClass via GoogleClassroom and easily  incorporate it into your Science, STEAM, or Language Arts curriculum.

Teachers can assign the parts of TinkerClass they want their students to access directly from the website.

No, all of our templates are downloadable with a TinkerClass FREE membership.

Absolutely not! We recommend that you look through our Quick Start Guide and our longer format Teacher Guide to get yourself  started.

Research shows that listening is an important skill all children need to develop and that listening comprehension is a critical component of successful reading comprehension. Podcasts are a great resource to help educators with this important work. 

Absolutely not! TinkerClass podcast episodes are ad-free!

That’s your choice! The beauty of TinkerClass is that you can adapt everything to your needs. We think Listen works best either individually or as a whole class, but we’ve had teachers assign Listen to small groups as well!

Absolutely!!! We recommend that you look through our Teacher Guide to get yourself familiar with the tool and how you can differentiate the content.

Numerous research studies have been conducted with TinkerClass and the good news is that teachers and students reported gains in terms of scientific thinking and knowledge of how research studies are conducted.

Many schools have firewalls that restrict access to sites not on an approved “whitelist.” Ask your IT department to add Tinkercast.com and TinkerClass.com to your school’s whitelist. Tinkercast and TinkerClass never collect student data of any kind or require student login.

You can email us at teachers@tinkerclass.com