In Voltron-like fashion, Nintendo of America has come together with theNational Institute of AerospaceandNortel LearniTto form the new WMD of education calledMaster the science … Master the Game!
Using characters and themes fromPokemon DiamondandPokemon Pearl, the program is intended to make elementary and middle school science classes more fun and interesting for the squirmy little ADD-ridden brats who would otherwise be too bored to sit through a lesson.
Now through December, teachers and students can visit theofficial siteto download printable lesson plans and classroom activities developed by the NIA. Nintendo’s senior VP of marketing and corporate communications George Harrison says:
“We’re honored to have our characters take what sometimes may seem like dry topics and help make them come alive for students.”
Dry topics? What do you meandry topics? Some of us happened to really like science when we were in school, Mr. Harrison. Just because you have a paragraph for a job title doesn’t mean you get to be a big meanie boogerface to the nerdy kids. You’re totally not sitting at our lunch table in the cafeteria anymore.
