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Show NORTH COUNTY NEWSPAPERS Thursday. July 28, 2005 i t - - C T i IT Page 4 School kids paiwuDiate throucflh s Simulators give children an but of this world' experience Susan Starkweather S- ))' hildl'ii a! StarfleM have v.j rie; ed Or fiigJl 'I the Hyw-!::. Hyw-!::. ,iv jjjif of 1)k' KtT) Summer 1 .d'.'triuje -imps lin-OuiJ;. M'Aalilfe.Spao-I M'Aalilfe.Spao-I Jj .ii'!i ' -ni-r a' ' -iflral I i-r:i''in ;ir '. Vlnol in Heasarlt ' i- aiJA i )L)i"'ll ages 10-r to '.iiu .tiio.il spw expW alion t;" ri'illig UiOOeof SIX sja" simulators simu-lators "I "I -1 amp-- run June 0 to s. -j t 'i Viiim-j iif 'hn:-,id M( Auiilfe. 'if- vniai .1 j:b-s tea' Vr wV a as I ' i !- im-tV first Lilian Hi ...i' - tiijl d)"d j; j Or ChaJ-t'-i ' -r lraged ifn- M-veaMild 1 enter r ijn-rH-d US 2'lOa SUIIiUlW amp v. jttf tj- addition of 1V lii. IV missions 1 it-' Hii'T s simulators including Or H l MUX. iw. 1'"-!) written lor sixtb-grad- i s V auv- I Hah education Vnch-r Vnch-r ; i ; i r ks i'n'us (jrj s; . - education ii. sxih as well asOurd grade ime for a f Activities run through Aug. 6 for annual event Christie Dalley We Honor'' M.'ietlierrMrfor Highland Fling which will T1!' mr-.a.j'. lo Aug. "IVm- .if - ,j!iivii- planned lor every ag( and in'eri's- ' said oi garuzCT Kaihryn V -fir atrnt! 'IV t-- 'jins Vgin Thursday viiil. 71' s' t i at id t he Amazing T ech-t'.i'ni ech-t'.i'ni r I "-,arri! -oat' at American F'jrk High SHi"" at 7 pm J will continue on i rida 4t id Saturday A 1 1 iv ii i'js ii n lude a bab' (.:ont est . f u i an s i' i a ideH igUand Hay Day . a g"!' I'luiTictTii'-TiT and youth dan'e Informal ri 'Ixise e erit.s is available 'I H i! a " u ig 41 f' citv or msh ing t illg 111. tll'i v : ll'g I'!i''i'- v, i: alsi. V a mouritajn bike race a' id -'". (! ! uu runs and 1'nit races k''gi "7ii h . 1'irTTis jor tliese ex erits i ii: tf ibt allied at ten hi fie 'TY building and 'iniiii'- a' tV citv V.'ebsile IV aiiiiaal Kiwaiu.sbtekfasl will tie s'--.-d Aug .trorri7.'Moa.m aliV pa tii' iv. in l'!'-'t'nag- Kut. rall Paul An-iv An-iv ii i at 7 2rc:2 ! i it rri iieinJ' rrnat v m 'I'h'- f ' a; id ! essi- in y. t hs at Heritage l7i' k will oien a! 1(1 a.m. Th" Hig.'hiand '1'oi.ith Oiuncil will hold game- !'n t.i'l- Lip!" 12 yeai-s old from 11 am I'.ipm and 'fie I Hah NiTionaJ ( tuaid viil; fia e -. iu! ills and a climbing v. a!i Irorri Jl am p rn at tfie park t.iH'"iain:ii'ii! .in trie HerPage Pai'k stage will Vgin at J 1 a m. Students Cathy Allied 1 very week Vgiiumig m June a seH.it group "i 'ea'V's fiave ojienecl I V classr 'Kirns ii.tmi-ag"s ii.tmi-ag"s v ii. - a'-'no ii i'i.'ii own i !' will ! run laising sn"i 7. making a M iraikr. iIk- ag'ii'ul'uie sci-erne sci-erne and lechnol'ig-i pmg'..tm pi" id'js liands-on eii-ni-riie-during summt-'f break tn- tiuri-dreds tiuri-dreds ol students ir: Hk- Aljifie Vteiol l.iisit'iit ' Jusi toda . we've !'! n j siieialtng siieep lot lid- !.sih jiuiin 1 ait ." said Mike mwans msi ru' .1 ' r I' 'If- bine Peak High vlwJ ag' scienct classes He lias several students raising rais-ing Slieeplot liieir SUJjervised agncuhuf al e4erierice proiexits. oi SAIJ 1. very one u) fnsTT'to HO students in,oiKi in Or p"i gr am each su' ii-'' 'ia- a p"ie.1 rig animal-, a wrr i'0K I o a' ori'inydate Or third-grade third-grade Vik tuiiaj ks. a iiew simuLitof . Or I aj iu. will vioti fr read-,- lo sJjuiit- !iuid-j4rad-rs Oirough spa e as Ojev Warn abom astronomy. Or viar system and hi sa e y i-fK e TiiJ'ir en who attend an 1 jdYent ur- (imp aim-pk-te a mission, following a story and getting invoh -d with it haraiers of Or storv ( luklren 'a J wA mJv learn space so-ik -. astronomy, physics and p kerv ! they wiJJ also learn prMem-vlving. leam-txnid-nig aix) leader ship skills Oir '..amp Or ' 'I .eve '', Ijeader-stup Ijeader-stup 'I raining 'lamp," louts Hv-11 as "a goof starting poirt lor stiK-rPs interested m ' a-'-," in miJitar.' si-rwK e." nltus(.:n!p. r-v-r.-j )'r 12-to "-Y-a.M'i'is (.liildo-n kk unler djiix.-uli tiaik-nf-S: ilia1 1 musi 'Arr(.'jmr as a t'nain Tli''' thwi hia br'ra.oOt yssntfis v, )x-re tlx-ir j-rf'jrmanc' is wal aaii-d 'J7it(.riii'-ri k'arn wliai Uxa' tiJi d U-iler tlx- n'xi tin-. d'.-l'-mg ih-ir skills as 1 hey go ang InsirLK.t'jr 'x.i'r Vi iHiamvn started trie t-nier in Y.) as an exjjerirrieni when lie discovered thai simulalKm was an eitir.'e teadiing t'nJ. He found that his students enA'ed learning and retained more informal jon wlien he would turn oil the lights in lus lassr'xim and use an overhead wyvti to lake has siuVnts oti an advernure J-Z ' . 7; , ' 7 ; ', H r ' - "- ''.'.'0'.'--1.- . ; : ". H - .. I . J.. l. - 'f ; run Caden Rhoton of Lone Peak, w ho is pluying the roleofjuduh topluyout then purts Saturday afternoon of the American spend summer on specialized landscapuig ljusuiess. a v elding iiusiness or grow uig a pro! r able fruit orchard A mulufacefed piogram. tfr ag science andteduioi- jy curriculum curricu-lum is supjjoned h integral ciasv riornlime its SAU- program and Or Future I armors oi .Arri'-'-'ica. or NalinnaJ Fl A p' ogram Field trips anc! service prciiexts for Or cornrnuupy are iticor-j.c rated up" t fr si.ih' ii ear Tl r sheep sf tearing wa a field trip for jiwan s studeins a group effort lo get Or job done In iiis H0;;.ea' of leacfung. (xjwari had ins si art as an ag science sci-ence ins'ru'iot at Pleasant fji' Hig;h Sih-Kil He lias buJ- tus U'HS prog! am to such a degree thai fas students were one il six groups ot chiip'ers in LiYah lo win an Fl A NaT ma! Chapter Award TVre a'e lout scii-xis tn norh Uaii Count Oiai offei rtie ag science and 'ech classes luOri' s"u'Jen HrwHig-hSilr : ..... r y f y I"' I'. . 1 - v i? ; - 71. si',-v ! .-- FRANK BOTT : I.',, Cavey Voeks, master controller for the Phoenix control room, manages and works with the program diret f ion re;!ed by the actions of the flight operator students in the Phoenix space flight simulator h riday afternoon during summer camp at Centrul Elementary SchxA through outer space. "I discovered that with snriula-relent snriula-relent in is huge (wrnjjared a ith 1 radii jonul rjok learning)." Williamv) said. "By 'lh-ing'the e:j'rience. tliere's an erryKnal ((xuv-ctvm 1o the ooncepls being tauglJ." V,' anting to take this learning experience Iji'yond the tlassr'xm 'illiamvjn yjught the f unding Lehi High School llth-gradw Trf yor Mewiun C'owun i'or on hinges Lone peak High SmiVjoI. Arneri-cai Arneri-cai 1 rk High Sibyji and Leiu Subio! Ad armed studetp.s get b certain arri' ijrr of credr ing and 'o'unieers needed to make the center possible. SimulaiKiis realistic story lines that participants partici-pants act out have been kiy n lo increase a child's understanding understand-ing of social devekjprnen! and history. his-tory. In this way. the space oerner teaches humanities and wxial sciences sci-ences with its space educaixjn. The nussKis and storv' lines in the simulators cjme f rom real n in the Highland play -Joseph and Fork High School auditorium. FRfcNH HOTT V.1".' 7-.. J-IS Eeckstead and his. friend for the trailer they are building for a s;je.irJied number of four's, w or'k.ed during the summer sev sion i x most si udejr.s m tiit pro historica eents in the hist on- oi tl'ie world. "We want students to know that the humanities and science and drama all go together. We uu egrate t he subject s because in the real world, everything is integrated." inte-grated." Williamson said. Williamson descnird one mission where students, flying through space, f ind an injured FRAMX BOTT i'j C-jj-i-.. the Amuzmg '! -hKolor Ureamcfsat," and other actors get reads ag science gram, r. is tiiwr iasi v. jek to finish up "in school'' propels Vfor e school janitors chase them out of the woj'k r'jms lo clean arid prepare pre-pare for liie jiew school year. Jn a Lehi w orksh'jp. sparks fj-neart.- e er. W'edriesclay daring tiit summer as st uderiis gairj experience ex-perience v, ekimg Siuderfis build low traiiers io riaul alfalfa liiaes, dirt bikes y whatever s'oit.s iheir fane;,'. "V.'e have '.ijjerj ai iea'.n one day a -a eek ," stud lirett Rol ertsori. a new ag te'.:h iiisiructor at Lehi Higr. S b'j "Jt s ir adrionaJ loha'. e r at least once a week .'' K'ijertyjr: said .be c ecjedto b c pan 'jj rtie ag w.b pngi a'Tj wrb L! 1 S instruct 'jt Natbari busfimari. As the summer season wraps up. LKS st uderp.s Vgir; comi'ig in even' da;.1 to work Ai jx J-feak. f ywarj lias open shop and classr 'jom every day as the norm in June and July Lach i' wruc" 'jr ada; s tiie ag individual on anxher spacecraft and cannot understand him. llirough a traaslator they find out that the individual is an escaped slave and must decide if thev will return him to the owner or if they will help him escape. Tins missxm allows participants lo learn about slavery, the Civil War and ihe Underground Railroad. Rail-road. Williamson's goal is ncX to develop astronauts out of every participant. Rather, he has topped to spark inspiration in children so they will grow up to support the space program, whether they are engineers, teachers, social workers work-ers or actors. If 1 can get a kid to walk out oi here and say. 'Space is cooL' 1 hey will want to go to the library and check out books on space, and grow up to be adults who supjxirt space exploration and NASA." he said. t ernighi summer camps are still open throughout September. In addition, beginning in September, Septem-ber, the center will of f er overnight over-night camps and classes Fridays through Saturdays through the school year. For those interested in the 2005 camps who want to schedule a private program or would like to get their children involved in volunteering vol-unteering for the center, information informa-tion is available at 801 -785-87 13. director'" spacefamputah.org or www spaceedvent ures.org. projects scienc program to the st uderr.s it sen-es, "That's why 3 like if ag: program, pro-gram, you can vnuxyx aie it to f'fi iv communjiy." KiJtxnsfX) said. "C? em has more of a f ocus on industrial tediriol'g'y'.'' He said Or em High School's program doesn't offer animal sci-e.nce sci-e.nce Ije.ause of the culture Virig mor e urban. "You real))' wouldn't see it in ar; urban area like Thus." (wan said of Djine l-eak '& strong st uderit lrii ofvemerit in animal scjejys. "I have a jt of kids than want to become a veterinarian and rhey want to learn as much afjjt animals ani-mals as pAslbie." Many of his si uderit.s who i've .in AJjAne. Higfiiand and OVlar Hills d'jn't fiavtiV typical aae-agetfiat aae-agetfiat g'jes wrb an ag proiex.it Gown said 'jne A riie wjst unusual pioiel lie lias seen is a st udent who began success! uUy ratsx'ig my foi pet sfjres Ipoor |