National Robotics Week is a very
important program to inspire kids to
understand more about the world that
they live in. STEM education is important
because it really teaches kids the
building blocks of how to think and
problem-solve.
STEM education today is so important
because of relevance. Today, STEM-based
products just surround us. As people
interact more with machines it becomes
more interesting and more important for
us to understand how they work. The best
way to do that is to have children start
to develop an interest in these things
and learn how robots work. Kids just love
being with robots. You give them some
robots to play with, they figure out how
to use them in ways that the adults
haven't thought about and they're really
really having fun and learning at the
same time. I think getting hands-on
experience is really critical for kids
to develop their own passion and their
own curiosity.
It takes that book knowledge — the math
and the science, and makes it reality.
Something you can touch, feel and see,
that you can then relate to. It's really
important.
