Engineering is physics....but physics is not engineering!
I've got a degree in physics, I'm a member of Sigma Pi Sigma (National Honor Society for Physics), and I teach everything from Conceptual Physics to Advanced Placement Physics..........
But I couldn't begin to build a robot!!
Nothing is MASSLESS and everything has FRICTION!
What I love most about FIRST is working with the engineers. I am learning more about materials and applications all the time. Often I feel like an interpreter between my students and the engineers. I fill in the steps he skipped and the formulas he used......and watch it all "click". Priceless.
Another thing I value is the relationships born of endless hours of work and pizza! During school hours there is so much curriculum and so little time. Robotics Club has a lot of room for nonsense and silliness - the side of the kids I love!
Lisa T