Next week is National Engineer’s Week. I’ve always played with engineering in my classes during E-Week (cf Bridges). But this year should be extra-nice: The Grand Engineering Challenges of the 21st Century will be posted on Friday, Feb. 15. Committee members include engineering world superstars who aren’t household names plus well-known innovators like Google co-founder [...]
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Last year at Georgia’s Ed Tech conference, I heard Beth Hughes speak about coaching a first year LEGO League robotics team. She did a wonderful job of pointing out potential gotchas so that I could be ready for the experience. Well, I’ve taken the plunge and signed my school up for a team. Eight young [...]
What happens when you give kids the chance to build stuff? They come up with some pretty cool ideas! Take the doorbell in an Altoids tin, built by a 12 year-old and posted on do it yourself website Instructables. How cool is that? A middle school student figured out a cool project then took the [...]
