Nope! It is an amazing way to teach math and science that can engage all personality types! As you watch kids of almost any age, they like to build and create things. By using what they like to do, we as educators can help our students and children gain some amazing skills in a very fun way!
Positives of Doing Engineering Projects
- Engineering helps kids to learn math and science through a hands on, fun way that really seems to stick with them. It shows them how it is applicable to real life things and to them.
- These types of projects also help with students seeing that there can be many different answers and if they get it wrong, it's something to learn from instead of feeling defeated.
- They must learn how to communicate their ideas to others.
- Keep track of their research and change their ideas.
- Learn technology that can be useful later at school or looking for a job.
- Learn about different career options based in these fields.
- Have so much fun!
- Be involved in the learning process.
Remember to Keep Personality In Mind
When looking at these projects and how you are going to use them, remember to look at the chart on how your child/children learn the best and tweak these projects to work the best for them. You'll be surprised at how well they respond.
Here a link to the template again and a picture to help you tweak the projects to your child/children's needs.
I also found a great flow chart to show the way you should keep the project moving.
Lastly, Here Are Some Great Projects
This is from the Fun A Day blog.
Play and learn with Rube Goldberg machines | Brain Power Boy
Create a flag using LEGO pieces | Shield of Faith Homeschooling
Use a “Book of Structures” to inspire block building | Fun-A-Day!
Construct a LEGO camping lantern | LalyMom
Engineer and explore very unique forts | TinkerLab
Design one of these 14 catapults | Fun-A-Day!
Make a snack pulley | Left Brain Craft Brain
Create mazes for hexbugs | Buggy & Buddy
Challenge the kids with mystery engineering bags | Childhood 101
Build a painting machine | My Nearest and Dearest
Experiment with PVC pipe creations at school | Rubberboots and Elf Shoes
Or add those PVC pipes to a water table | Fun-A-Day!
This is from the blog The Homeschool Scientist.
Here are just a few of the 100:
The next is from Imagination Soup.
Who doesn't love to build with Legos?!
The last one I want to share is a cool idea of having mystery bag challenges. Super cool! It's from Childhood 101.
Here is an example of one of the challenges.
Results:
I hope you've enjoyed looking at some of these ideas! If you having more you've found or created and would like to share, put them in the comments section! Thanks!
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