Comments for Kids Engineer! http://kidsengineer.com To understand and promote engineering education in elementary schools. Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:33:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Grants by Deanna de Leon http://kidsengineer.com/?page_id=189#comment-11938 Deanna de Leon Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:33:51 +0000 http://kidsengineer.com/?page_id=189#comment-11938 I am a parent with children in Kindergarten and Third grade in Lynn, MA at a start-up STEM school. Our community is low income, and our science teacher would like to get the kids to learn about engineering through a Lego robotics program. However, our school doesn’t have the funds for such expensive tools. Would our school be eligible for applying for the grant you offer?
Thanks,
Deanna de Leon

]]> Comment on Computer Programming at Williamsburg Schools by Joel Strate http://kidsengineer.com/?p=595#comment-10909 Joel Strate Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:17:38 +0000 http://kidsengineer.com/?p=595#comment-10909 Keep up the fantastic work !!! Thanks , John

]]> Comment on Computer Programming at Williamsburg Schools by Ellen Doyle http://kidsengineer.com/?p=595#comment-10869 Ellen Doyle Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:10:15 +0000 http://kidsengineer.com/?p=595#comment-10869 Excellent program, John! Thanks so much.

]]> Comment on English Language Arts Common Standards That Relate to Technology by Kevin Hodgson http://kidsengineer.com/?p=590#comment-6741 Kevin Hodgson Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:42:08 +0000 http://kidsengineer.com/?p=590#comment-6741 Thanks, John. This is helpful.
I’ll also point you to Joe Wood’s nice table that shows some of the same connections.
http://www.joewoodonline.com/digital-writing-common-core/
Kevin Hodgson

]]> Comment on Survey Results for Grade 6 Class by Data Analysis And Implications – Grade 6 Survey | Kids Engineer! http://kidsengineer.com/?p=572#comment-4891 Data Analysis And Implications – Grade 6 Survey | Kids Engineer! Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:49:14 +0000 http://kidsengineer.com/?p=572#comment-4891 [...] a previous post ( http://kidsengineer.com/?p=572 ) I showed a graph of sixth grade attitudes towards computers/technology and engineering as a [...]

]]> Comment on Resources by JohnHeffernan http://kidsengineer.com/?page_id=106#comment-4731 JohnHeffernan Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:11:59 +0000 http://kidsengineer.com/?page_id=106#comment-4731 Glad you found the info on Beebots at Terrapin Logo. By the way, we do start WeDo in grade 1 (not 2) and use BeeBots for PK and K. Good luck. Let me know if you have other questions.

]]> Comment on Resources by Donna Hudgens http://kidsengineer.com/?page_id=106#comment-4728 Donna Hudgens Fri, 04 Jan 2013 06:45:04 +0000 http://kidsengineer.com/?page_id=106#comment-4728 I just found my BeeBot answers. I can see how they would be great to for the lower grades and they would definitely provide a background/fundational knowledge of robotics.

]]> Comment on Resources by Donna Hudgens http://kidsengineer.com/?page_id=106#comment-4727 Donna Hudgens Fri, 04 Jan 2013 06:32:38 +0000 http://kidsengineer.com/?page_id=106#comment-4727 My school is very interested in beginning engineering through robotics using legos. Your information is wonderful and sounds duable. I love the understanding explained of how it must be a progressive exploration from kindergarten up.
I noticed LEGO WeDo doesn’t begin until 2nd grade in your curriculum and that BeeBots are used in K-1.
I am not familiar with BeeBots. Where can I get information about them? What exactly is a BeeBot?

]]> Comment on Bio by Sarah Buhl http://kidsengineer.com/?page_id=491#comment-3533 Sarah Buhl Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:25:46 +0000 http://kidsengineer.com/?page_id=491#comment-3533 my son Samuel is 11. We are new to Northampton, and are wondering if there are engineering programs here, or if he could get involved in your district.

Thanks!
Sarah

]]> Comment on Elementary Engineering Survey of Practice and Attitudes by John Heffernan http://kidsengineer.com/?p=524#comment-3089 John Heffernan Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:17:13 +0000 http://kidsengineer.com/?p=524#comment-3089 Thanks for reviewing this, Wayne. Appreciated as always.

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