Hi Yevgeny,

I appreciate your video’s clear description of how engineering is the “beating” heart of STEM!

In my experience as a high school science teacher, I've found that the engineering design process is also at the heart of the work that *I* do as a teacher. By starting with a goal and prototyping using feedback data (what happened in class, student comments, etc.), I find that making and refining the curriculum of my courses to be challenging, yet fun.

I like to tell folks: if you have ever tried to get better at a hobby by trying new things and figuring out how to improve your performance systematically, you are an engineer! Whether you are baking holiday cookies, working on your jump shot, or learning an instrument, the engineering design cycle is how humans build useful new things. :)

Yevgeny:  So important...Engineering brings together so many disciplines.  Our kids engage in projects that include STEM, ELA, Art...you name it...when designing, fabricating and showcasing a prototype so many things come together.  As an engineering teacher, what have been the challenges with implementing so many disciplines...for you as the teacher?  Thanks for sharing.

It is so great to incorporate the engineering process cross-curricularly. It is the heart of what we do as a society, as creators, and learners!

I really think you've started this!!! By showing students the design process, giving them the opportunity to try, fail, and try again, in mid than just science class, you're encouraging what can be done even more widely! As you collaborate with cross curricular peers YOU are the empowerment needed to make it spread :)

It is all about solving problems.  Trial and error, cooperation, not knowing how it will work out and making adjustment along the way.  So key, to long term learning and success.

Traditional math problems are too simple and they are isolated.  Which is a real shame.  Student become afraid of math, when really it is a key tool to solving problems.   

You and I drank the same "Kool-aid".  If you are old enough you get the reference.  And you probably were a more traditional teacher that has made the STEM transition and what a difference it makes.