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This student Curriculum is provided
free-of-charge to all interested parties, students, teachers, parents or
other. This curriculum guide marries industrial technology--in this case,
pneumatics--with theory, and brings them right into the classroom. It was
developed for a ninth grade science class and goes a long way toward
helping meet a goal of Project
2061--Science for All Americans, of integrating
science and technology with an emphasis on real world applications.
This curriculum is the result of
the hard work and support of several people and organizations. The Fluid
Power Educational Foundation (FPEF), the sponsor of this curriculum is
grateful to its members for their financial support and the following:
--Concetta Brown and Dennis Carter
of Seaholm High School, Birmingham, MI, who wrote the curriculum, and
conducted a workshop for a group of middle school and high school science,
math and technology teachers during the summer of 1994 to teach techniques
for integration of science and technology.
--Mike Pierno of Seaholm High
School, whose system engineering technology program has been in existence
for many years, and has graduated more than 300 students with a working
knowledge of fluid power.
--The Birmingham Public School
System which co-sponsored the Summer of 1994 teachers pilot program,
--LEGO®
for their assistance in preparing the guide and providing product for use
in classrooms.
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