Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors

A STEAM Partnership Pairing Professionals with Pupils

A.W. Chesterton

A STEAM Partnership Pairing Professionals with Pupils

A.W. Chesterton Company, Groveland’s largest employer, and the town’s Bagnall Elementary School have joined forces to teach a STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts and Math) inspired program to students Pre-K through 6th grade.

Bagnall Elementary, a designated STEAM school, and Chesterton, a global manufacturing company, have been partnering for about a year on various projects, but “everyone is thrilled for this one” says Maureen Crawford Hentz, Director of Talent Management for the A.W. Chesterton Company.

On Tuesday December 13, 2016, the teachers from Bagnall Elementary School visited the Chesterton facility where they broke into groups with Chesterton employees and planned how to teach specific engineering concepts to students.  After this exercise, which was named a “brainSTEAMing session,” Chesterton employees arranged to visit the Bagnall School to help teach the concepts in age-appropriate ways and to facilitate at least two follow-up activities that are taking place February and March 2017.

Luke Norton shines in the classroom

One concept they will be teaching to Pre-K and K students is an engineering method called 5S (Learn About 5S), which relates to workplace organization. Crawford Hentz explains, “I have a kindergartener at home myself, and I’m hoping she will 5S her playroom! I’ll be testing my concept out on her.” Third graders will be learning “The Importance of Design.” Fourth graders will focus on the topic of “Innovation and Genius”.

Chesterton employees, teachers, and students are very excited for this program. Crawford Hentz believes “this is a unique program—we’ve not heard of any other school / company partnership that is working exactly this way.”

Concept to be taught: Grade Level:
5S Pre-K and K
Marketing 1st and 2nd grade
The Importance of Design 3rd grade
Innovation & Genius 4th grade
Engineering 5th & 6th grade

 

Keep up with Chesterton’s STEAM Partnership activity on LinkedIn!

Related Articles

Related Whitepapers

Design Optimization of Jet Fuel Pump for Aviation

Jet fuel pumps play a critical role in the safe and efficient operation of commercial aviation. The performance and reliability of these pumps directly impact…

The Cost Of Downtime In Manufacturing [Infographic]

Downtime can be the most expensive element of any manufacturing operation. Here are some important facts and tips you should know to cut down on…

AFT Fathom used to Model Central Heating Cycle of a State-of-the-art Combined Heat and Power Plant

Kerem Algüzey, design engineer at ENKA Insaat ve Sanayi A.S., used AFT Fathom to simulate the central heating cycle to inform the design of the…

Driving Energy Savings a Commercial Facility Energy Upgrade Project

Upgrading to Design Envelope pumps helped GAC save energy costs of 20,000 AED in the first year. Armstrong’s Pump Manager service provides reports and notifications…

Comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *