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June 2012 InMaricopa.com EDUCATION 21 Nissan engineers hands-on experience for Butterfield students BY CHRISTIA GIBBONS It started with volunteers, balloons and teams of fifth-graders. Six weeks later, three classes of Butterfield Elementary School students have designed and marketed an airpropelled “JetToy,” applied the scientific method of collecting data, observing, experimenting and adjusting, and worked side-by-side with Nissan engineers. Better yet, the students got a field trip to the Nissan proving grounds in Stanfield to get a taste of how designing and engineering come together. In other words, STEM learning in which science, technology, engineering and math mesh. The project is the brainchild of the Society of Automotive Engineers through its A World in Motion program. “It helps students see the connection between what they are learning in school now and what they can become in the future, with the intent of creating some ‘inspiration’ along the way for their future careers,” said Butterfield Principal Janel Hildick. Her students are the first in Maricopa Unified School District to participate in the program, and the hope is to expand it to more elementary grades and schools, and into the middle school and high school. Society of Automotive Engineers offers programs from kindergarten through college. Students were tasked to design a toy car. They calculate and recalculate three variables — nozzle size, weight, balloon size — to boost their cars to go faster and farther. “It’s to get the kids excited about math and science,” said Don Robbins, a retired General Motors engineer who coordinates the A World in Motion program in the Phoenix area. Maricopa volunteers Dan Cowley, a retired John Deere engineer, and Jim Irving, a member of the MUSD school Christia Gibbons Nissan’s senior manager for business and vehicle test operations Anita MacFadden works with fifth-graders on finding the right combination of weight and air to best propel the JetToy. board, have been with the students every step of the way. “A lot of companies in the automotive industry are interested in building tech talent,” Cowley said. Cowley remembers it was about fifth grade when he started thinking of becoming an engineer, and said it’s a key time to reach students and help set them on a path. Nissan bought the kits the 99 Butterfield students used. The automotive engineering society provides the teacher training. Teachers Kristin McMullen, Kelly Wilcox and Elizabeth Zimpleman participated. “It’s been really amazing,” Wilcox said. “It’s opened the idea to some students that ‘Hey I might want to do this.’” Bill Klein is volunteer engineer from Sun Lakes who works with the A World in Motion program and instructs students on the day’s lessons. “The idea is to build a logical thought process,” Klein said. Five to 10 Nissan volunteers — wearing red shirts — worked weekly with the students. Among them Anita MacFadden, senior manager for business and vehicle test operations. “We tell them it’s your decision, your design and then we guide them a little,” MacFadden said. “I think everyone’s having a good time. … The idea here is to build a light-weight car that can carry weight and go far.” Nissan’s Derek Logan said he “loves the AWIM program.” Logan first got involved with the Society of Automotive Engineers when he went to the University of Arizona and built a formula car. “I realized it was my favorite thing in college; learning to work with a team.” “It’s about how much we can help by helping the kids,” Logan said. “We can help with their entire future.” Winners in the JetToy project were: first place — Jerome Denmark, Tiffany Quimby and Gabriel Salazar; second place — Jasmin Dimas, Xavier Zamora and Anthony Nieto; third place — Renzo Silva, Rachel Hall and Austin Attridge. Cowley said the program can grow, but only with more volunteers. And, local business partners are needed to sponsor different school sites, he said. For instance, this year the Sun Lakes Rotary club provided medals for the winning teams. “We would like to recruit other businesses in town to help with kits so more students can participate,” he said, pointing out. “We also went through a lot of scotch tape.” EConley@MUSD20.org, to volunteer AWIM.org FREE DRIP SYSTEM With purchase of landscaping package Trees and plants by Leaf and Feather Farm John Deere flexible financing options for all your landscaping needs. 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