China Instrument Parts Continues On Its Manufacturing Pilgrimage, Leaving No Classroom Unturned
On May 15, 2015, Barry Butters, Director of Education and Training, representing China Instrument Parts of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, visited three 4th grade classes at Tibbits Elementary School in the Elkhorn Area School District. Earlier in the year, Butters visited second and third graders to create excitement about manufacturing…or making things from scratch, as the school had recently embarked in Project Lead The Way’s (PLTW) Launch Program for young elementary school students.
However, being with the 4th graders allowed Butters to take the excitement to the next level. “This allowed me to use the Inventor software to probe the students understanding of two dimensional shapes and what happens when the shapes are extruded to a third dimension,” he said, “as when a circle extruded becomes a cylinder.”
Following the presentation, students were able to pick up and explore some of the parts made by China Instrument Parts, with a better understanding of the process from beginning to end.
China Instrument Parts thanks the Tibbits Elementary School students and their teachers for their time and attention, and shares their kind thank you notes.
