Why on earth would you want to make something HARDER when faced with a large group of people who already think it's too hard or non-relevant? It's not a weed-out contest.

I have an undergrad degree in EE. If someone could find a way to make today's undergrads learn the same material, but have a much easier time of it, why would anyone oppose that? Do I really need to feel bitter because I struggled but a whole new bunch of kids breeze through the material?

Sure, we don't want to waste time, but if the "fun science games" can lead to better understanding of the math behind it so much the better. I once used a weight hanging on a long string held up to my nose as an explanation of conservation of energy: "bet that this weight won't hit me in the face when I let it swing out and back?" "Why didn't it hit me?" "What can I change so it will smack me in the face?"

It's a "game," but they did learn something useful from it.