After
the recent model airplane classes and the College for Kids class before that I
have been thinking a lot about why kids have such a hard time looking at an
example completed model airplane or other project and visualizing how the parts
go together. To me it seems so obvious but then I have been working with
these types of problems for a long time. For example the stabilizer of
the model airplane has the curved shape to the front and is straight in the
back. The vertical fin has the same arrangement but goes vertical from
the stabilizer in the center at 90 degrees. It seems so simple after looking at
a sample but always there will be some kids that try to attach the vertical fin
in some other manner.
She did well assembling this model airplane from foam parts but many kids really struggle with such tasks. |
Business
Insider did a similar article : http://www.businessinsider.com/spatial-ability-predicts-future-success-2013-7
. This article includes some example problems.
What
is my point, it looks to me that building projects like those on my website is a really good
activity for kids to build their intelligence.
Bill Kuhl
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