This week we were so lucky to have David, a software engineer, speak to our class! Before we met him, we brainstormed ideas of what an engineer might do for his job. We thought maybe they drive trains or other vehicles, and we also thought they might fix gears.
David told us that there are many different types of engineers, but the all are problem solvers. He taught us that an engineer takes a big problem and breaks it into smaller problems. He showed us a really fun game about a turtle and a gem. The goal of the game is to figure out how to get the turtle to the gem, but we have to solve problems first. He taught us how to move the turtle by putting up our right hands to turn the turtle right, left hands to turn the turtle left, and both hands up to keep the turtle moving straight.
David wrote our 'program' on the side of the whiteboard.
We had a fun time working together to get the turtle to the gem!
Can you believe we got to be engineers??
