Author: Jason Vaughn
Planning Unit: Powell County CES
Major Program: Community Vitality and Leadership - ANR
Plan of Work: Unrelated to a specified County Plan of Work
Outcome: Initial Outcome
The problem: Children need hands-on activities in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) to reinforce classroom lessons.
The educational program response- A series of hands-on activities were focused on the science of tools and automation. Employees from Toyota presented an exhibit focused on Karakuri, a Japanese term for mechanic devices to assist with tasks with limited or no electric, pneumatic, or hydraulic power sources. Also the students used a hand crank, to see the old fashioned way of making homemade ice cream.
The participants/target audience- Students from
Other partners- Discovery Zone, Red River Museum
Program impact or participant response- 79 students were exposed to engineering concepts that are used in factory production methods.
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