tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181003345157169289.post4906960888523283322..comments2024-03-21T08:06:05.000-05:00Comments on Museum Notes : Early Engineering Thinking Jeanne Vergeronthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07942145380538588052noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181003345157169289.post-72029113979640146742014-12-16T16:06:46.827-06:002014-12-16T16:06:46.827-06:00Planning with your fingers...thinking with your ha...Planning with your fingers...thinking with your hands...children do it all the time and, most likely, adults do too. We make split-second adjustments based on what we sense. Thank you, Peter! Jeanne Vergeronthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07942145380538588052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181003345157169289.post-18070979713307364802014-12-16T15:11:23.632-06:002014-12-16T15:11:23.632-06:00Children, however, don’t necessarily explore them ...<i>Children, however, don’t necessarily explore them in sequence. Rather they are likely to merge steps and enact them simultaneously and are especially likely to create as they imagine and to revise as they design.</i><br /><br />Yes, yes, yes. A thousand times, yes. Object manipulation is part of how children (and especially young children) plan. I call it "Planning with your fingers." Peter Hohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916196998855947137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181003345157169289.post-38918258223939531072014-12-10T15:15:10.446-06:002014-12-10T15:15:10.446-06:00Steven, thank you for mentioning Spark!Lab. It sou...Steven, thank you for mentioning Spark!Lab. It sounds like some place worth checking out. In the mean time, I have added it to the list of museums, exhibits, programs and centers on the blog post.Jeanne Vergeronthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07942145380538588052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181003345157169289.post-41796602644455110422014-12-10T14:37:01.514-06:002014-12-10T14:37:01.514-06:00I highly recommend Spark!Lab Smithsonian as a succ...I highly recommend Spark!Lab Smithsonian as a successful model. Spark!Lab focuses on the invention process, which parallels the engineering process nicely without boxing itself in to learners' preconceived ideas of what "engineering" is. Much can be learned there by visitors, by parents about their children, and by museum professionals.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895865071098263075noreply@blogger.com