{"id":10935,"date":"2015-02-27T00:06:07","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T08:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=10935"},"modified":"2015-02-26T19:16:16","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T03:16:16","slug":"brush-up-kids-stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2015\/02\/27\/brush-up-kids-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"Brush up kids\u2019 STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"

(photo from e2<\/sup> Young Engineers)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Israeli education revolution is here. e2<\/sup> Young Engineers, which started operating in 2008, is pioneering the concept of \u201cedutainment\u201d in the classroom, combining education and entertainment. The edutainment method is used to develop children\u2019s knowledge and understanding of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects. In turn, Young Engineers is helping foster the next generation of engineers.<\/p>\n

e2<\/sup> Young Engineers was founded by Amir Asor, a young Israeli entrepreneur. Asor, who dealt with learning difficulties as a child, understood from firsthand experience that the way schools teach STEM does not engage all children, challenge them or give them the desire to continue learning these subjects. Inspired to change this reality, Asor began to develop the Young Engineers\u2019 curricula. In its first year of operation, the company opened 10 centres across Israel. During the following year, 2009, the company grew to 90 centres.<\/p>\n

The curricula created by Asor are aimed at children between the ages of 4 and 15, and operate in community centres, after-school programs, private schools, teen centres, private homes and more. e2<\/sup> Young Engineers lessons are built on a logical progression of teaching theoretical material in a lively way \u2013 using engaging stories, demonstrations and experiments \u2013 and then giving the children the opportunity to build a K\u2019nex (for the younger age group) or LEGO bricks model that illustrates the principle being studied in that lesson. At the end of the year, children who have participated in a e2<\/sup> Young Engineers lesson will be able to explain, for example, what transmission is, the difference between a power-increasing transmission and a speed-increasing transmission, what centripetal and centrifugal force are and how Bernoulli\u2019s Law works. These concepts and basic principles of physics and engineering are not sufficiently covered by traditional school curricula, and e2<\/sup> Young Engineers\u2019 courses give children great exposure and access to these professions.<\/p>\n

e2<\/sup> Young Engineers operates from north to south in Israel, and continues to grow. International recognition arrived for the company in 2011, when Asor was awarded the Youth Business International Entrepreneur of the Year prize, presented by YBI\u2019s founder, HRH Prince Charles. Building on this, e2<\/sup> Young Engineers\u2019 franchise operation was launched in 2012; in the space of two years, franchisees from 15 different countries spanning five continents signed up, forming a family of 40 franchisees \u2013 a number that is still growing. In addition, the University of Carnegie Mellon has chosen to market Young Engineers courses through its subsidiary, iCarnegie.<\/p>\n

The company is continuing to develop its curricula at both the technological and pedagogical levels. An intensive project to bring digital technology to the classroom is nearing completion, with the development of a 3-D application exclusive to e2<\/sup> Young Engineers. The application, which is used on a tablet, contains all the building stages for every model, which can be viewed 360\u00b0. It also contains pop quizzes, fun and educational cartoons (featuring Eureka, the e2<\/sup> Young Engineers mascot), and a very popular function that allows the child take a photo of themselves with the model they built and email it to their parents \u2013 or whomever they choose \u2013 via the app. In this way, parents can receive instant insight into what their child is learning and how much they are enjoying themselves.<\/p>\n

As an Israeli company, Young Engineers has a particularly special connection with Jewish communities worldwide and, to this end, has generated much interest from Jewish schools and educators across the world, supported by the company\u2019s active approach to cultivating such ties. The Jewish community in Vancouver \u2013 and the wider British Columbia area \u2013 has been identified as having potential for being a flag-bearer for the company in Canada. The company is open to potential franchisees from across British Columbia. Find out more by visiting youngeng.net\/franchise<\/a> or by emailing natasha@e2youngengineers.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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