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PHOTO BY DAVID SCOTT
ROBOTIC ARM - Grade 8 students at SPS had a chance to operate a five -axis robot as
part of their shift aboard the manufacturing technologies laboratory parked at the school.
Learning technology through
hands-on approach for students
BY DAVID SCOTT
Expositor Editor
Their shift begins at 8:15
a.m. They've got a tight
schedule. Designs have to be
programmed into computers
to work the milling station
and the lathe. There's also a
five -axis robot to assist with
things.
This is not a factory but a
classroom designed to be as
close to a real production line
as possible. Grade 7 and 8
students at Seaforth Public
School (SPS) stepped into the
world of manufacturing when
they stepped into the convert-
ed horse trailer of the
Technology Leadership
Centre (TLC) from UWO's
Faculty of Education which
contains all the equipment
necessary for students to
design and produce a product
It
of their choice.
Each group chooses a dif-
ferent product (in this case a
toy) that can be produced.
Friday morning's student
production shift was working
on both a wooden helicopter
and a toy soldier. Each stu-
dent will end up with a fin-
ished product to take home
when the project is complete.
The mobile laboratory is
stationed at SPS from
October 16 to 29. "We're try-
ing to provide true produc-
tion techniques," said Greg
Ladd, who is leading students
through this tour of technolo-
gy. One function of the man-
ufacturing technologies labo-
ratory is to show students
how math and science apply
to technological trades.
Working at a furious pace
with the curious students,
Ladd repeats his instruction:
"If you want to cut (your
design) everyone has to have
a g -code." While this may all
seem foreign to us, students
are catching on.
"Children must be exposed
to a large variety of life
skills, career possibilities in
an integrated fashion. This
program clearly ' invites
young people to explore sci-
ence and engineering
careers," says John Tarasuk,
professor and chair of
mechanical engineering at
Western.
The TLC also provides pro-
grams for students on the
Internet, weather stations and
a video communications lab.
There will be an open house
for the public tomorrow night
(Thursday, October 23) from
7 to 8:30 p.m. The trailer is
parked at the west side of
SPS in the parking lot at the
end of Market St.
SHIFT CHANGE - The next shift of workers (or students) file in to the mobile lab.
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