2014-2015 Annual CRV Science Activities Reports
Transcript of 2014-2015 Annual CRV Science Activities Reports
2014-2015 Annual CRV Science Activities Reports
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Saturday Science INREACH (traveling) to Universities & locations
October - May
o U of M Aerospace Astronomy, Blimps & Telescopes o Robotics in area schools after hours o CMU Mobile Health Workshop o MSU Cyclotron and the FRIB facility under construction o CMU Health Workshop o U of M Historical Museum & Bell Tower o U of M Aerospace Rocket Building o And hands-on experiments the Wind Tunnels o CMU Physics Workshops I and II o Cedar Point with workbooks defining Newton’s Laws
Summer Science / Energy INREACH trips TO Busines and Industry
June -July
o U of M Aerospace Bottle Rockets and Data Input o U of M Civil Engineering o A Hospital type care facility for wild animals o Consumers Coal Power plant near Bay City o Tour the USS Edson (a naval destroyer) o Bio Green Energy Ethanol from corn o Michiana Hydroelectric Company in Bellevue o Consumers Linemen Training Center in Marshall o Lansing Board of Water & Light: water treatment & solar energy array o Air Zoo Kalamazoo
INREACH is the format that CRV Saturday Science has developed during the school year
and is usually to a University Campus where equipment and student volunteer instructors
are available. In the summer Science and Energy trips take advantage of student vacation
time during the week when business and industry visits are available. The Key leaders are
Sue Palen, a former science teacher, and Bill Richards of Community Resource Volunteers.
Additional funding support this year came from the Joe D. Pentecost Foundation,
additional CRV funds, tuition support for their students from the Ovid Elsie Community
Fund AND much appreciation to CRV volunteers (Tom and Gordon), parent vehicle drivers
and host site volunteers from universities, business and industry.
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U M Blimp flying 11.23.13.xps
The Michigan Space Grant
Consortium (MSGC) has an annual
meeting each fall. University
students and experts make
presentations. Most are ‘over my
head’. A few years ago I decided to
take some of our most interested
student participants. They
responded very positively to the
experience of attending. (Bill Richards)
Students are driving a model
hovercraft. Note control in
the hands of students. The
craft moves on a cushion of
air.
Students build a balsa plane. Instruction is on the
wing design and air foil that generates lift on an
airplane.
Learning about the size
and shape of the lens,
and building telescopes
to take home and
learning to use and how
to focus their T-scopes.
Andrea Day our UM Aerospace coordinator talks with our students Ezra, Becca and Lyndon
University of Michigan Aerospace: 2014-15 MSGC Annual Meeting, astronomy,
hovercrafts and telescopes (October and November)
These activities are hosted by UM Students for the
Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)
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CRV has 25 Lego Robotics kits. This year they were used at EE Knight in Elsie, the Catholic school in
Fowler, St Joseph in St Johns, a new CRV class for age 6 up, and a group of students in Lansing.
Most Holy Trinity School in Fowler
for the first time, included the entire
class in one full day of Lego robotics.
EE Knight Elementary in Elsie
St Joseph School: poised to race robot team 2015 robot class
creative student designs
Josh Sutton a former CRV 6th grade robot student
competed in national high school competition this year.
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Central Michigan University Department of
Medicine provided the first CRV Health
Care workshop on Saturday January 30,
2015. Students participated in sports
medicine, exercise equipment, applying
support bandages, eye and ear
examinations and other health care related
experiences. The presenters pointed out the
variety of careers in health care.
Central Michigan Univ. Mid-Central Area
Health Education Center
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Univ. of Michigan Historical Museum &
Bell Tower (February 21, 2015)
Kiahla is at the key board
playing the carillon.
In rear of this picture are the bones of a Mastodon recovered in the 1920s about 30 miles from the students’ home.
A Museum docent
adds to the students’
learning experience.
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Univ. of Michigan Aerospace Wind Tunnels and
Rocket Building (March 21, 2015)
This was the first opportunity to work in the wind tunnel laboratory. After an equipment orientation CRV students were
challenged to design a propeller blade, that when installed in the tunnel and when the tunnel was turned on; created
the highest level of electricity.
Building and launching
rockets is always an exciting
activity.
11 U of M student
engineers volunteered to
make this an exciting day.
This workshop is a good example of the CRV Inreach
format of taking students to the equipment locations.
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CMU Physics Workshops (Dec. 2014-April 2015)
Angular Momentum
spinning in the chair. Dan demonstrates an air track and students use it.
CMU physics students lead student
teams using the CRV workbooks.
Below: students move from the CMU classroom to CRV Physics Day at Cedar
Point using their workbooks, test their classroom lessons about Newton’s
Laws of Physics and how they are used in designing the rides.
Students complete their
workbooks with the help of a
CMU Physics student leader
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MSU Vet A Visit (April 18, 2015)
MSU Cyclotron Workshop (January 17, 2015)
Zach Constan (left), outreach coordinator,
pours liquid nitrogen into a dish shown below.
It is so cold that the coin below defies gravity
and rises off the surface.
Students are assembling a device to drop marbles through to simulate atoms being smashed. Touring the control area while the equipment is not running
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MSU Annual Vet A Visit Hosted by the College of Veterinary Medicine - 4/18/2015
This event is all about animals and animal care. In terms of our group’s numbers it is usually the largest.
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