Kindergarten classes from Pleasant View Elementary School (Yorktown) came to the manufacturing lab for their Winter 2006 production run activity on Monday, February 27th and Tuesday, February 28th.  Each student helped produce a TIC-TAC-TOE game.  This activity was held in conjunction with their PVE unit on economics and modern production.  Naturally, the students got to take home one of the "mass produced" products.

Here is a photograph of the TIC TAC TOE game unit (with different colored marbles kept inside the game).  The cover on the right side aligns to cover the holes, or flips open to get to the marbles.  The block is four inches square and holds 10 marbles (five each of a light and dark color).

Photographs from the production lines on Monday, February 27, 2006 (students of Mrs. Church & Mrs. Cring): 

Morning Class / Drill Press Operation	Fine Sanding Station
Afternoon Drilling Station	Final Inspection Station

Photographs from the production line on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 (students of Mrs. Nixon & Mrs. Shields):

Sawing Workstations	Sanding Area
Afternoon Sub-Assembly Station	Counting Out 10 Marbles

Thanks to our Yorktown sponsors for this event!

Spring 2005 PVES Production Activity

The PVE students also visited the manufacturing program at Ball State University on February 28th and March 1, 2005.  During that trip, the students made a TIGER TOOL BOX, a small tool box that can hold school supplies.  From fabrication to assembly operations to packaging, each student helped "manufacture" a product.  And they each got to take a product home, of course!

Here's a picture of the product that the students built last year.  The SCHOOL / TOOL BOX had two sides, two end pieces, a handle, and four places on the sides to store pencils or pens.  We added a few school supplies to each product before shipping them out the door!

NOTE: 2005 was the third year of this activity . . . here are photographs from a previous class trip:

Photo's from the Monday, February 28, 2005 AM classes (i.e., Mrs. Church and Mrs Cring):

Cutting the handles to length	Miter saw operations	Un-loading the school supplies
Getting ready for the drill press operations	Sub-assembly line operations

Photo's from the Monday, February 28, 2005 PM classes (Mrs. Church and Mrs. Cring):

Clamping board in the cut-off fixture	Drilling pilot holes in the ends
This sure looks "good" . . . . next part here!	Final inspection station

Photo's from the Tuesday, March 1, 2005 AM classes (Mrs. Nixon and Mrs. Shields):

Cutting sides to length	Miter saw operations	Drill press operations (for the ends)
Drilling pilot holes on the end pieces	Final assembly station

Photo's from the Tuesday, March 1, 2005 PM classes (Mrs. Nixon and Mrs. Shields):

Cutting the handle to length	Miter saw operation
Helping out at the miter saw	Hey, we got them all done!

 
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