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How to foster a toddler's yen for engineering

Feedback explores the pedagogic possibilities of research into ball bearings, while also looking into why some presentations are improved by the inclusion of a sudoku By Marc Abrahams 7 December 2022

Feedback explores the pedagogic possibilities of research into ball bearings, while also looking into why some presentations are improved by the inclusion of a sudoku

By Marc Abrahams

7 December 2022

Josie Ford

For bedtime reading to preschoolers who love engineering, there is nothing quite like “Influence of dimple textures on the tribological performances of tapered roller bearings under starved lubrication”, published recently in Industrial Lubrication and Tribology. The title is a vocabulary builder and a soporific. However, the details may be too complex for the youngest youngsters.

So… how to foster a toddler’s yen to engineer? Tell them about things that roll. Things that rotate. Feed their fondness for things that seem to go round and round without necessarily going anywhere. Tempt them with facts about ball bearings.

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