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From the Ted Talk by Fawn Qiu: Easy DIY projects for kid engineers

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(Laughter)

And what's more interesting are people's comments. A lot of people wanted to make it their own, or asked me how it was made. So this kind of confirmed my idea that through a creative project, we can teach polepe about engineering.

With the moeny made from the viral video, we were able to let students in our classroom all make their own game in a box. Although it was petrty challenging, they learned a lot of new concepts in engineering and pnmraromigg. And they were all eager to learn so they could finish the game as well.

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(Laughter)

And what's more interesting are people's comments. A lot of people wanted to make it their own, or asked me how it was made. So this kind of confirmed my idea that through a creative project, we can teach ______ about engineering.

With the _____ made from the viral video, we were able to let students in our classroom all make their own game in a box. Although it was ______ challenging, they learned a lot of new concepts in engineering and ___________. And they were all eager to learn so they could finish the game as well.

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So before Flappy Bird Box, I had the idea of using creative engineering projects to teach students. When I was teaching at a middle ______, we asked our students to build a robot from a standard __________ kit. And I _______ that a lot of them seemed bored. Then a few of them started taking pieces of paper and decorating their robots. And then more of them got into it, and they became more interested in the project. So I started looking for more creative ways to introduce technology to students. What I found was that most technology kits available in school look a little intimidating. They're all made of plastic parts that you can't _________. On top of that, they're all very expensive, costing ________ of dollars per kit. So that's certainly not very __________ for most _________ budgets.

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Original Text


(Laughter)

And what's more interesting are people's comments. A lot of people wanted to make it their own, or asked me how it was made. So this kind of confirmed my idea that through a creative project, we can teach people about engineering.

With the money made from the viral video, we were able to let students in our classroom all make their own game in a box. Although it was pretty challenging, they learned a lot of new concepts in engineering and programming. And they were all eager to learn so they could finish the game as well.

(Laughter)

So before Flappy Bird Box, I had the idea of using creative engineering projects to teach students. When I was teaching at a middle school, we asked our students to build a robot from a standard technology kit. And I noticed that a lot of them seemed bored. Then a few of them started taking pieces of paper and decorating their robots. And then more of them got into it, and they became more interested in the project. So I started looking for more creative ways to introduce technology to students. What I found was that most technology kits available in school look a little intimidating. They're all made of plastic parts that you can't customize. On top of that, they're all very expensive, costing hundreds of dollars per kit. So that's certainly not very affordable for most classroom budgets.

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