Quite recently, my son asked me a question “What is the Height of Mount Everest?”, My reply was simple enough “It is 8,848 meters above mean sea level”. It was but the follow-up question which really boggled me, “Who climbed the Mount Everest with GPS to measure the height?”. This for me was a realization of the peculiar nature of kids to know about the world around them. Some other FAQs fairly of a similar sort are: ·        How deep is the ocean? ·        Where do rocks come from? ·        When will humans live in space? ·        Why were the numbers made? Last week, at an Engineering University, we presented 3D printed models of some dams & hydropower projects under construction in Pakistan. These were appreciated by the visiting industry professionals, faculty members and especially engineering students. The students were highly inquisitive about the tool...

" Again he has made the same mistakes in mathematics test in class as he did last week. He did not understand a simple formula of Area of rectangle. Sometimes he divides length with width, sometimes he sum up both to get area. He is more focused on playing Roblox, Candy Crush and other video games. ”  The complaint about my son by his mother made me think seriously about his learning capacity. How a kid who is good at playing video games is not able to understand a simple mathematics formula!! ?? I decided  to teach him like a primary school teacher.  After 15 minutes, he was able to solve the problems mentioned as exercise in the book perfectly. I felt myself proud to be a good teacher as he has memorized the formula exactly and multiplying the length and width perfectly. Suddenly he asked me a series of questions: ·        What is the difference between Length and Width? ·        Why we do addition t...