> Mark Kinsler Wrote:
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> It wouldn't have helped with small engine repair, but I've been trying
> to reform the general science curriculum into a 'how things work' form
> to include everything from what holds buildings up, what stuff is made
> out of (concrete, aluminum, plastic, steel) how an engine works, how we
> get water and electric power, why sewers allow us to live in cities
> without dying of cholera, how farms work, and all the rest of the
> man-made stuff that keeps us alive. Nobody understands what I'm trying
> to do--they think it's either a shop class or an auto repair class
> because teachers typically have never wondered how a radio or a
> telephone works. At least I tried.
>
> Mark Kinsler
Maybe your efforts weren't in vain .
There is a great part of the internet that deals with exactly 'how things work' , from soup to nuts . ;)