As part of our English activities we’ve just begun using Meccano in the classroom. Meccano is such a fabulous tool with a huge educational value. Besides helping the students develop their problem solving skills and their construction skills, it is also great for their literacy development. The students are having to cooperate in pairs as they attempt to read, decipher and follow the fairly complex instructions. As well as requiring good reading skills, the students have to use clear, polite and constructive conversation skills to overcome any difficulties they encounter. When finished they should have a great model with battery operated, working parts.
Jayden and Mae
Samuel and Tarnika
Dinesh and Samantha
Hi Mr Hope,
Meccano was very fun and difficult at the same time. I liked how you put us in pairs but in girl boy, because we could learn more about our partners and what they do to cooperate. Samuel was a very handy person and didn’t want me to do all of it and we took fair turns for building the meccano. Tarnika 🙂
Tarnika, I’m pleased you enjoyed it (I thought you would). What pleases me most is that the girls enjoy constructing the models as much as the boys. We need many more girls in the engineering and construction industries as they are so under-represented.