Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Teaching Fifth Graders Engineering

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-on-the-method dept.

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.

1 of 156 comments (clear)

  1. Future Engineers by Cardiomyopathy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How long will it be before these children run into the Christofascist anti-science agenda. If we want our children to be rational thinkers, we need to keep them away from the fish people. We need engineers and scientists who can think critically, not people who think that a book written by ancient crazies has all the answers. "Keep your children away from the fish people." - Frank Zappa