Engineering science is considered as a discipline principally for changing and shaping the natural environment by means of designing, manufacturing and maintaining of artifacts and technical systems, the artificially-made world conjured up by such science makes the earth where we are inhabiting today more and more beautiful. Thanks to the ever increasing linkage between the global economic competitiveness and the innovation, engineering science has drawn wider attention than any other period in history. The fact that Engineering science is included into the basic education helps significantly to enrich and expand the related curriculums and their educational value by its innovation, designing, as well as practice, that will provide a most direct and pivotal linking point for the related curriculums (including science) in cultivating students’ capabilities on seeking creativity, practice and problem-solving, thus all the above-mentioned factors will offer a more effective tool for goals set forth for education and curriculums. Entering into the 21st century, the new curriculum which takes engineering science as its main component has taken shape, resulting in encouraging ripples. In China, the 2017 Science Curriculum Standard for Primary School and the Impending Chemistry Curriculum Standard for Senior High School have incorporated engineering science into the content standard of the curriculum as an independent study area or module. In a nutshell, in order to better put into place the requirements for the related curriculums and to include engineering science into courses set for primary school and middle school students, teachers of math and science, school administrators, and education decision-makers shall have a better knowledge of engineering science, and shall review the role played by engineering science in basic education curriculum as well.

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