Success StoryDiscovery Zone Pops Up at Old Engine Days



Discovery Zone Pops Up at Old Engine Days

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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