President's Message

From: Nathan Balasubramanian

How could I tie physics and students' career development plans? It became self-evident when I started teaching applied technology and pre-engineering at Angevine Middle School in Fall 2003. The more challenging and seemingly simple problems I gave the students, the more I found out that learning became contagious (check out these videos). By design and choice, the hands-on nature of our physics, technology and pre-engineering classes affords us numerous opportunities to spontaneously bring out students' innate creativity and innovative tendencies.

This past year, as I returned to teach physics and physics engineering technology at Overland, I found that the high school students were equally creative and innovative. Without doubt, applied science, technology and pre-engineering education in K-12 classrooms play a critical role in developing students' "higher literacy skills" and enhancing their career development plans.

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