Sentences with phrase «kids about engineering»

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We were able to facilitate the traditional «take your kids to work day» with an engineering twist — getting all of our kids excited about new technologies and problem solving,» Bastian said.

«As a parent that frequents the BPD with my kids, I have great concern about this proposal,» said John Arnish who works as an environmental engineer at Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago.

Some of CCM's most popular exhibits include: Dinosaur Expedition, where kids can dig for dinosaur bones in an authentic excavation pit; WaterWays, an interactive system of pulleys, pumps, and pipes showcasing the wonders of water; Kids Town, an early - learning exhibit featuring a real CTA bus, mini-grocery store and kid - sized cityscape; Pritzker Playspace, an area designed specifically for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and their parents; Play It Safe, a realistic firehouse and fire truck that invites families to learn about fire safety through play; and Skyline, a National Science Foundation - funded exhibit that explores the science, engineering, art, and technology that keep Chicago's tallest buildings standkids can dig for dinosaur bones in an authentic excavation pit; WaterWays, an interactive system of pulleys, pumps, and pipes showcasing the wonders of water; Kids Town, an early - learning exhibit featuring a real CTA bus, mini-grocery store and kid - sized cityscape; Pritzker Playspace, an area designed specifically for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and their parents; Play It Safe, a realistic firehouse and fire truck that invites families to learn about fire safety through play; and Skyline, a National Science Foundation - funded exhibit that explores the science, engineering, art, and technology that keep Chicago's tallest buildings standKids Town, an early - learning exhibit featuring a real CTA bus, mini-grocery store and kid - sized cityscape; Pritzker Playspace, an area designed specifically for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and their parents; Play It Safe, a realistic firehouse and fire truck that invites families to learn about fire safety through play; and Skyline, a National Science Foundation - funded exhibit that explores the science, engineering, art, and technology that keep Chicago's tallest buildings standing.

This tiny, green grasshopper is the perfect way for kids to learn about solar power, alternative energy, physics, and engineering.

NASA looking to create online role - playing game on the cheap As if sending robots to Mars wasn't enough, NASA is hoping to capitalize on the popularity of massive multiplayer online role - playing games (MMORPG) like World of Warcraft and EverQuest by creating its own virtual world to get kids excited about the space program (not to mention about science, technology, engineering and mathematics).

A committed team of our employees specializes in leading group activities for kids to teach them about the world - calss science, technology and engineering that happens here every day in Waimea.

It is about kids building robots and bridges and learning physics and engineering in thoseprojects; kids testing the water in their schools and the local streams and learning chemistry and biology in the process.

Before talking about our 3D printers, I want to emphasize that 3D design is the crucial part — 3D printers don't make kids into engineers any more than laser printers makes them into writers.

«I thought they'd get interested in an engineering problem about cranberry bogs, but my kids know nothing about farming.

We have all heard the dire statistics about how we're not preparing American kids for the STEM careers of the future — but there are many who say that a focus on science, technology, engineering, and math alone is not the answer.

And parents don't know that our district will be the model for all others — because we do it best — we will collect SSP data in the form of social and emotional surveys, we will change our curriculum to socially engineer our children with social and emotional instruction without parents suspecting a thing, we will assess and survey up the wazoo about academics, school climate, cyberbullying, etc. while willing parents stand by, we will enhance our teacher evaluation program and refine it into a well - oiled teacher manipulation machine, and since our kids would do well no matter what because we have uber - involved parents, it will look like everything the Administrators are doing at the State's recommendation causes the success.

This isn't only about trying to improve the nation's math scores and attract kids to become engineers.

My passenger was Sebastian Ruger, a thirty - one - year - old whiz - kid engineer who knows a lot about hybrids and almost everything about the 918.

In an effort to improve kids» opinions about Brussels sprouts, a team of engineers and scientists decided to give them a cooler edge by making them power up the lights on a Christmas tree.

But if you're buying it for a kid to teach them about design and crafting prototypes in order to test and improve design — essentially raising the next generation of minimal - waste - minded designers and engineers — then it certainly has a strong green edge.

About Blog STEM Friday is a round - up blog for science, technology, engineering and mathematics books for kids.

we choose the engineered wood and it already looks «beat up» so I don't worry about dog nails and rowdy kids.