We have seen what you have been doing over the summer, here is your last chance to reflect on what the experience has meant to you, what you will take with you to the classroom and perhaps how the experience could be made better or more effective.
I feel that my expectations coming into this experience were achieved as I definitely have many answers to help address the question of when math is used in the real world. I saw numerous examples of people using a wide range of math skills from basic unit conversion to multi-variable calculus. I appreciated Clipper going beyond their daily job duties to help me learn more about the industry and give me projects to work on. The challenge in this type of experience is coming up with enough projects that are math oriented. Its difficult for an outsider to come into an industry and just “do math”. I know the people I worked with at Clipper were conscious of this and did their best to help make this experience worthwhile. I truly did enjoy my experience here, it was fun applying my math skills to something that was real!
2011 Clipper Wind Teaching Externship
Friday, August 5, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Guided Question #5
How can your business (or others) be more involved in your classroom? What can you or your school do to engage students with the real world? What can the real world (our externship hosts) do to engage students in their world?
From the moment I stepped foot inside the huge manufacturing area of Clipper I thought this would be a great place for students to take a field trip. Not only is the massive size of the generator a sight to see, but also the engineering that goes into these turbines is very evident. At the very least I intend to have a speaker from Clipper come into my classroom to help educate students on the wind industry. I will probably do this as a lead into the project I am working on, but I think the classes that aren't working on the project could benefit as well. I've heard that Kirkwood is installing a few wind turbines to use as a turbine mechanic training facility. It would be great to be able to work with Kirkwook in the future and be able to use actual data.
I've spoken with someone in the community outreach office here about looking into if there are any projects or tasks that someone does here at Clipper that students in my classroom could do instead. I have no idea if such a task exists, such as data entry or some kind of data analysis, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask. It would be a win-win situatuation, Clipper gets free labor and students get real-world experiences. I would be so excited if it actually worked, so we'll see.
From the moment I stepped foot inside the huge manufacturing area of Clipper I thought this would be a great place for students to take a field trip. Not only is the massive size of the generator a sight to see, but also the engineering that goes into these turbines is very evident. At the very least I intend to have a speaker from Clipper come into my classroom to help educate students on the wind industry. I will probably do this as a lead into the project I am working on, but I think the classes that aren't working on the project could benefit as well. I've heard that Kirkwood is installing a few wind turbines to use as a turbine mechanic training facility. It would be great to be able to work with Kirkwook in the future and be able to use actual data.
I've spoken with someone in the community outreach office here about looking into if there are any projects or tasks that someone does here at Clipper that students in my classroom could do instead. I have no idea if such a task exists, such as data entry or some kind of data analysis, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask. It would be a win-win situatuation, Clipper gets free labor and students get real-world experiences. I would be so excited if it actually worked, so we'll see.
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