Teaching Fifth Graders Engineering 156
Jamie noticed a NYT story saying "To compete in a global economy, some school districts are offering engineering lessons to students in kindergarten. " The story is about 5th graders working on a new experimental curriculum that is well beyond the egg drop of old.
Re:Parents are the Biggest Factor (Score:5, Funny)
This won't actually teach them anything; but it will fill them with a burning desire to acquire job skills.
Re:NICE! (Score:3, Funny)
I remember igniting magnesium and throwing chunks of pure sodium in a bucket of water...Ahhh...those were fun times. It wasn't elementary but it was pretty cool.
Re:Do it Mythbuster Style! (Score:2, Funny)
Plus, explosions keep the kid's interest really effectively.
Re:Parents are the Biggest Factor (Score:3, Funny)
I always wondered what happened to the kids who played with those toy phones...
"Yabba-Dabba Doo! My system won't power on"
Re:Parents are the Biggest Factor (Score:4, Funny)
Inconceivable!
For once, that word does mean what I think it means.
Re:NICE! (Score:4, Funny)
Hmm.. I think it was elemantary sodium you used for that....
I call bullshit (Score:4, Funny)
Fifth graders are far too soft and slippy to make anything useful out of.
Re:What a waste of tax money! (Score:2, Funny)
Engineers don't work in factories, troll...
People who work in factories are mostly drones or technicians at best (with an occasional engineer to...
I don't think you wrote what you meant. Let me edit it for you: "Engineers don't work in factories, except for when they do. Thankyou very much for your input to the discussion, here ends my respectful reply."
Already used in the field (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Parents are the Biggest Factor (Score:3, Funny)
Re:He Huffed and he Puffed.... (Score:3, Funny)
Ask a 5 year old about dogma and they with respond by asking for a puppy.
Before they can spell it? (Score:2, Funny)