Early Engineering Education

[JamesBrown]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/education/14engineering.html?pagewanted=1&ref=general&src=me&adxnnlx=1276607148-C1KWcL2utzdcis3l/egnRQ

That article was sent to the engineers at work today. I think it is good to see engineering ideas taught early in education.

I just wanted to share the article. I'll post up a real response to it later on.

[kjolana1124]

I wonder if there is a way to contact the school district and try to find out how they set up their cirriculum. I would love to try and bring things like this to our elementary schools. I think it's great they're starting so early.

[Akash Rastogi]

"Engineering is not a requirement in most states. (New Jersey is an exception: the state standards mandate some exposure to engineering by second grade.) "

Sweet. I actually did not know this. NJ stepping up their game just a bit.:cool:

[JamesBrown]

I wonder if there is a way to contact the school district and try to find out how they set up their cirriculum. I would love to try and bring things like this to our elementary schools. I think it's great they're starting so early.

I would recommend contacting the people at Engineering is Elementary since they seem to be the creators of the curriculum.

http://www.mos.org/eie/