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Show Thursday, May 3, 2007 OREM TIMES Page 7 notes NEWS AND IDEAS FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS Snakes battle with marshmallow rabbits at Bonneville Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Two snakes, locked in battle with fangs bared, attack and retreat in lightning-fast motions mo-tions trying to claim the prize. In an instant, the fight is over as the winning snake clamps its jaws mercilessly over the soft, helpless prey a rabbit. This was just one of the scenes that played out in the gym of Bonneville Elementary School April 25 when Brigham Young University engineering engineer-ing students visited to present hands-on projects for their audience au-dience of fourth graders. The "snakes" were machine models built by the BYU students stu-dents and operated by the children. chil-dren. Sugar-coated marshmallow marshmal-low bunnies were the "prey" candy that was gobbled up by the snake operators who won the battles. Brianne Hamilton, a BYU student from Alpine, said the game "Hungry, Hungry Hippos" Hip-pos" was her team's inspiration for their project. "We wanted to make (the project) fun by doing a game," she said. "The fangs really extend ex-tend as the snake's head moves forward, as in real life. That keeps the snake from piercing its own mouth." The battling snakes were featured at one of seven stations sta-tions created by the BYU student teams who were fulfilling fulfill-ing an assignment from their mechanical engineering profes- JEREMY HARMON Daily Herald BYU student Ryan Hopman shows fourth-graders at Bonneville Elementary a 4 bar mechanism used to demonstrate motion during an engineering fair at the school on April 25. sor, Brian Jensen, to create a project that would demonstrate engineering principles learned during the semester with the added requirement that the project be geared to hold the interest of the youngsters. Jensen has a daughter who is in the fourth grade at Bonneville. Bonn-eville. "A hands-on, museum-type display to teach science to the kids. That was the objective," objec-tive," said Jensen. "I think they've done really well," he said, surveying the activities his students were directing throughout the gym. "I'm ex cited about the projects that we have here." "This is a pantograph," said Keith Kahmann, from Spokane, Spo-kane, Wash., as he and Brett Millar of Idaho set up their project with the mechanism, two white boards, and erasable markers. "You trace an image here, " he said, pointing to one white board, "and the machine makes it bigger over there," gesturing toward the other board. Other stations had the children chil-dren pumping power into a model of the Hogwartz Express, Ex-press, a train from the Harry Potter books and movies, and changing the links on a four-bar four-bar mechanism to lake characters char-acters to various destinations such as an arcade and skateboard skate-board park. Jensen said the assignment was given to his students on the first day of the semester, and they responded well. "This is taking it a step further fur-ther beyond just making a project for the sake of making it, which we have done before," be-fore," he said. "But this will let the elementary students find out how cool it is to be a scientist scien-tist or an engineer." Timpanogos High School ! I Concert - The first -ever j "Celebrating the Performing Arts" Concei t for THS will i be Monday evening at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. Tickets for the event are $5. Lance LeVar, instrumental music director, said the school hopes to make the concert an annual an-nual tradition. What LeVar desci ibes as "an evening of non-stop performing arts" will feature music, dance, and drama from school groups such as the Timpanogos Dance Theater, the Ballroom Dance Company, the lYoductions Company, the A C'apella and Show & Chamber Choirs. Ja.z Band, Steel Drum Band, and Symphony )rchestra. Donation Cornerstone Technologies recently donated donat-ed a $3,00(1 recording mixer, sound card, microphones, and studio storage items to the Timpanogos High School Performing Per-forming Arts Department. "THS has been in the process of creating a fully functioning recording studio for the past couple of years, and this donation put s us much closer to finalizing the studio," said Lance LeVar, instrumental in-strumental music director. To create the studio, a larger larg-er practice room was taken and split in half to create a "control room" and a "sound room," LeVar explained. "The goal ... is to create opportunities opportuni-ties for students to experience experi-ence a real recording studio," he said. The donat ion will also help students who are applying for college scholarships and other honors to create better audition audi-tion CDs. Aspen Elementary I Teacher Appreciation Week - Teacher Appreciation Apprecia-tion W eek will he May 7 1 1. I CRS testing Criteria and Reference State testing has begun and will continue until May 15. Bonneville Elementary I Bronco Days fridav is the annual "Bronco I .ivs" carnival, from .r to 7 p.m. There will lie traditional carnival-t pe games; refreshments refresh-ments such as pi.a, soda, and cotton candy; and prizes. A stagecoach will be available as a setting for pictures, f or more information, please call Shawna Christensen. 222-)7(.'i Geneva Elementary I School carnival The school carnival will be Tuesday. Tues-day. Orchard Elementary I School chorus event ( )n Wednesday, the n hard school chorus will be singing at Abravanel Hall. Kindergarten Mother's Day luncheon As a service project, the fifth grade classes will hold a kindergarten Mother's Day luncheon at the school Friday. May 1 1. Two former Hillcrest Elementary employees honored with trees Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Arbor Day held lasting meaning this year for those associated with Hillcrest Elementary El-ementary School, as two former for-mer employees were honored by having trees planted on the grounds in their memory. During an Arbor Day program pro-gram at the school April 26, tributes to the late Cheryl Johnson, John-son, a teacher, and Linda Pope, a teacher's aide, were offered by co-workers. Principal Darrin Johnson explained to the students that the two new trees and bench placed in a corner of the school grounds will make a memorial garden for the two employees "who have passed away and gone on to another life." "We will honor their memo ry with something living that will come back each spring," Johnson said. For the 14th straight year, Orem was recognized with the "Tree City, U.S.A." award, presented pre-sented at the Hillcrest program by Scott Zeidler, the Wasatch Front community forester with the Division of Forestry, Fire, & State Lands. The award was accepted by Marty Sheide, Orem's urban forester, and Orem City Council members Mark Seastrand and Margaret Black. Ziedler noted that 162 trees were planted by the city in Orem last year in places where the trees could be enjoyed en-joyed by all. He urged the students stu-dents to be "stewards" over trees to care for them so that they can give many years of service and provide the bounties that make the world a better place. "Arbor Day has been set aside to honor trees, express gratitude for them, and plant more for future generations," Ziedler said. Three students from Tim Crandall's class read Arbor Day essays, and the Hillcrest Choir, conducted by Stacey Thompson, sang several patriotic patri-otic numbers. Councilman Seastrand spoke briefly in his role as mayor pro tern, and told the children that he attended elementary school in Orem, and now enjoys en-joys driving by to see the trees that were planted at his school, and how large and strong they have become with the passage of time. 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