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Teaching Kids Engineering By Building Cartoon Tech (hackaday.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-family-that-builds-together dept.

szczys writes: If you're struggling to get your kids interested in electronics or other types of engineering, this is the way. Start young and focus on something they're already fascinated with. The two brothers in this article are really into the PBS cartoon Wild Kratts. There's a handheld communications device called a Creaturepod on the show. With the help of mom and dad the family built a working version of the fictional hardware. Of course having Joe Grand, a well-known professional computer engineer, as the patriarch was key in this story. But the roadmap is there for this to be replicated.

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  1. A good way to get kids interested in tech by Chrisq · · Score: 2

    A good way to get kids interested in tech and building

    1. Re:A good way to get kids interested in tech by Z00L00K · · Score: 2

      Cartoon tech - Wile E. Coyote.

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      If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker would destroy civilization.
  2. Give them time by bkr1_2k · · Score: 2

    Or just let them be kids and give them exposure to a lot of things and let them decide what they're interested in instead of trying to force them down a particular path. There are plenty of avenues of success (both emotional and financial) that don't involve engineering or electronics.

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    "Growing old is inevitable; growing up is optional."
    1. Re:Give them time by oh_my_080980980 · · Score: 2

      Somebody did not read the preamble:

      "If you're struggling to get your kids interested in electronics or other types of engineering, this is the way. "

      Notice the bit about "struggling to get your kids interested"...