CareerMe.org was developed by the National Center for Manufacturing Education (NCME) in partnership with the SME Education Foundation, to encourage and provide young people in grades 11-14 with information they need on careers in advanced manufacturing.
Find links to education, careers, and companies (Watch this movie to Peek into how Peeps and Coke are made)
South Placer Robotics Club Sponsor Flier Since 2000, the South Placer Robotics Club has provided high school students with a hands-on learning experience building a robot for the FIRST competition. Students often say that participation encouraged them to consider Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Careers. Businesses can contribute by going to the web site http://spcrobotics.com/ and getting more information on the sponsor page http://spcrobotics.com/sponsors.html.
The Forums are held on the Rocklin Campus in room V-318 from 5:30 to 7 PM.
December 8 — Mark Laws will present a travelogue on the Nomads of the Chang Thang. This will includes sights, stories and sounds from his trek in India across the Northern Tibetan Plateau.
February 7th Mignon Marks from the California Solar Energy Industry Association will be doing a talk entitled, The future of solar energy in California.
In March, on the 6th Josh Huntsinger, the Placer County Agriculture Commissioner will be doing a talk entitled, The history and future of sustainable agriculture in Placer County.
In April, on the 17th Joanne Neft will be coming to talk about the local food movement in Placer County as well as a new cookbook that will be coming out soon.
Tahoe Truckee Center: On April 13th, Michael Kane, Associate Dean of Sciences & Mathematics at Sierra College, will be doing a talk entitled, How to be a change agent for sustainability in your organization or community.
Parking information
The parking lots on campus have yellow parking machines that dispense parking passes, passes are $2 each for a daily pass. The nearest lot to the V-Building is behind Sewell Hall (Bldg. S)
Rocklin Campus Map: http://www.sierracollege.edu/AboutUs/campuses/rocklin/Rocklin-map.pdf
Steve Dicus of Oakmont High School and Dan Frank of Rocklin High School worked together to train other teachers in making two projects – a trivet and a candy bar. Participants in the November 11 Lab Tour worked with MasterCam and SolidWorks, used CNC router, produced model candy bars as rapid prototypes, made molds with a vacuum former and used other tools to compelete the projects.
Evaluations included these comments:
Watch this movie of a student describing how a Pastry Chef uses the Product Design Cycle. Thanks to Jono Schwartz of Colfax High School for sharing this presentation by a student who graduated couple years ago and came back to speak to his class about the product design cycle of pastries. He says: “Fantastic. She is in culinary school getting a BS in pastries and talks about how it is similar to any new product.”
Find an abundance of links and resources on the Wiki CASTEMequity developed by Michael A Kane, Associate Dean, Sciences & Mathematics, Sierra College.
Topics include:
Resources related to the status of women and girls in STEM Education
Use of the School Improvement Process with a focus on CTE (Career Technical Education)
Resources related to the root causes for gender equity discrepancies
Spatial Skills training resources
Links to information on the areas of microinequity, stereotyping, and gender bias
Outreach, recruitment and retention of women in STEM links
Resources relating to Scaling up and Institutionalizing Gender Equity in your organization
