Many moons ago, I attended an Engineering Information Day at a University. Engineering Professors introduced the world of engineering to a large hall packed with senior high school students. The presentation about the field of engineering floored me. The precise designs and calculations that go into built structures like bridges, buildings, etc boggled my mind; they still do. And to think this is just one small part of engineering!  

 
I knew it was a world I could never be a part of. I just wasn’t that way inclined; I’m anything but precise and mathematics is not my strong suit.

 
My father is an engineer. I think that engineering ability skipped a generation. I wonder if it will resurface in my children’s generation.

Here’s this week’s favourite Instagram.

 
Building and playing with marble runs is the fodder of budding engineers. Here are some other great engineering plays from last week’s weekly Kids’ Co-op:

• We love Lego by Happy Whimsical Hearts
• Funnels, Tubes & Water by 2 big, 2 Little
• Balance Toy by Pi’ikea Street

 July 2012

 
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