JJ and I were teaching a class last week to K-2 graders on building bridges. While we had showed them some techniques, a lot of the kids, especially the younger ones, had some trouble building the part of the bridge that is suspended in the air. It is not immediately obvious, I admit, to figure …
I’m thrilled to announce my new Engineering and Technology camp in Old Town Alexandria, VA, from 5 – 9 August 2013. Downtown Baptist Church has graciously approached us to work with them at their great facilities in Old Town. The full-day camp (with morning and afternoon half-day options) will provide a combination of Junior Structural …
I’ve been very happy using LEGO bricks for the Jr. Structural Engineering class, but I’m not wedded to LEGO. I just want to the kids to get good at engineering, so I’m more than happy to use whatever they think is awesome, and then adopting the curriculum to make the most of the materials at …
My daughter and I build a LEGO® Friends kit – Olivia’s Workshop. The robot runs away.
I deal with more PTAs and PTOs than most people. Being a pretty hard core software geek, one of things I love is seeing the different ways these groups use technology to make their lives easier – probably with varying degrees of success. All of the software I’ve observed is web based, and seems to …
Just for fun, I took a stop motion video of my summer skyscraper build.
Super short introduction to Ascendly and Jr. Structural Engineering
If you like bridges, like I do, you can enjoy a few that I encountered driving between DC and Michigan. Enjoy, JJ
Hey – my family is covered in the National Society of Professional Engineers' July issue "A Family Edu-vacation" #STEM http://t.co/yl6Fi4kd — JJ Rohrer (@ascendlyJJ) July 2, 2012 Here are the short highlights: “His third-grader son wanted to go to Dubai to see Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. ” & “Rohrer would love …
Today our family visited the truly awesome USA Science and Engineering Festival at the Mt. Vernon Convention Center in Washington. There were overwhelming amounts of exhibitors and shows and the place was absolutely packed. The exhibitors included everyone from companies like Lockheed Martin to elementary schools to college-level engineering and science departments. It was terrific to see …
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