On 2 Oct 2003 02:06:28 GMT, Howard Lovy <hlovy@earthlink.net> wrote:
You thought New Math was hard? Wait until your kids come home talking
nanotech. For parents who are worried that their kids' exposure to
nanotechnology will go no further than The Hulk, Invader Zim or Jimmy
Neutron (just chill, by the way), the nonprofit National Science &
Technology Education Partnership and the NanoBusiness Alliance are
getting together to introduce real nanotechnology instruction into K-12
classrooms.
Educators and parents might also want to take a look at what The
NanoTechnology Group is doing. The nonprofit education consortium is
putting together pilot schools for its "Nano Science Modules" and
"Interactive Virtual Nano-Labs," looking at NSF funding proposals and
sponsoring a student essay contest.
For the complete commentary, please see Howard Lovy's NanoBot
http://nanobot.blogspot.com/2003_09_28_nanobot_archive.html#106503101019995
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Wouldn't it be more reasonable to teach young kids basic literacy,
math, and physics? Any nanotech classes that don't build on a firm
foundation of basics would necessarily be qualitative "gee-whiz"
surveys.
I kind of agree with John, the tech is not quite there but on the other hand
