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Just in time for the holidays ...
Faculty and staff in Purdue University's College of Engineering have come up with a holiday gift guide that can help engage children in engineering concepts.
The "Engineering Gift Guide" was developed through the INSPIRE Institute for Pre-College Engineering, a part of the School of Engineering Education.
It features toys, games, books, movies and apps for mobile devices for a variety of ages. In addition to the selected items, the guide includes suggestions on finding other engineering-themed gifts.
"It's important to introduce engineering to children at a very young age – even before they reach kindergarten," says Monica Cardella, associate professor of engineering education and INSPIRE director. "One way to achieve this is simply putting a puzzle together or playing with building blocks and talking with the child about what they want to design, what ways they can accomplish that, and who or what could use their creation.
http://phys.org/news/2014-11-gift-parents.html
http://inspire-purdue.org/parent-materials
(Score: 2) by CoolHand on Monday December 01 2014, @01:49PM
As much as I love Purdue, and their engineering program, this guide is pretty cheesy and basic. Also, it isn't very applicable for kids of all ages as the summary proclaims. There is nothing I saw that would be appropriate for my 14 year old, other than a chess set, of which we have plenty...
I was hoping for a bit more when I saw the headline. This doesn't really seem exciting enough to me to have made SN, really...
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(Score: 2) by tibman on Monday December 01 2014, @03:40PM
That Laser maze and gravity maze would keep me (a 31 year old) entertained for a while : )
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