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Since robotics is a significant part of their future, students must learn to program and control robotics. Through the lessons in Discover Education’s (DE) Manufacturing in the 21st Century, science students will understand and define manufacturing, as well as evaluate how and why manufacturing has changed over time. In this lesson, the students will apply their knowledge to create a Sphero ball driven ship using aluminum foil, foam, tape, cardboard, and other miscellaneous materials, testing the ships for buoyancy, structural durability, and aerodynamics through a wave table and obstacle race. Through the DE Career Guide and Self-Paced Module math students will explore their knowledge of manufacturing, an overview of the manufacturing industry, and a survey to identify their personal career interest areas and match them to manufacturing careers. Students will investigate the applications of 3D printing, robotics, and computers to discover how each of these technologies help teams of manufacturers solve complex problems that improve processes, products, and people’s lives. Students will then create a scale model of a ship design with a Sphero robot as the engine. The students will then race the created ships through an obstacle course to have first-hand experience controlling and programing robots. These activities, projects, and interactions are intended to inspire our students to consider how they could take part in the modern-day manufacturing process by showing: • that manufacturing jobs are available to everyone in our community - the college and non-college seeking student; • that manufacturing jobs are varied and encompass many interests, abilities, and passions; • that manufacturing careers are locally available in Milton, Florida, Pensacola, Florida, and Mobile, Alabama; • how manufacturing careers can be both fulfilling, easily-accessible, and profitable.

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Since robotics is a significant part of their future, students must learn to program and control robotics. Through the lessons in Discover Education’s (DE) Manufacturing in the 21st Century, science students will understand and define manufacturing, as well as evaluate how and why manufacturing has changed over time. In this lesson, the students will apply their knowledge to create a Sphero ball driven ship using aluminum foil, foam, tape, cardboard, and other miscellaneous materials, testing the ships for buoyancy, structural durability, and aerodynamics through a wave table and obstacle race. Through the DE Career Guide and Self-Paced Module math students will explore their knowledge of manufacturing, an overview of the manufacturing industry, and a survey to identify their personal career interest areas and match them to manufacturing careers. Students will investigate the applications of 3D printing, robotics, and computers to discover how each of these technologies help teams of manufacturers solve complex problems that improve processes, products, and people’s lives. Students will then create a scale model of a ship design with a Sphero robot as the engine. The students will then race the created ships through an obstacle course to have first-hand experience controlling and programing robots. These activities, projects, and interactions are intended to inspire our students to consider how they could take part in the modern-day manufacturing process by showing: • that manufacturing jobs are available to everyone in our community - the college and non-college seeking student; • that manufacturing jobs are varied and encompass many interests, abilities, and passions; • that manufacturing careers are locally available in Milton, Florida, Pensacola, Florida, and Mobile, Alabama; • how manufacturing careers can be both fulfilling, easily-accessible, and profitable.

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