October 7th, 2015 - We continue our celebration of manufacturing month today by welcoming Manufacturing Growth Specialist, Josh Kemplin, of UD Research Institute's Fastlane Manufacturing Extension Partnership (UDRI-MEP). Josh was at DRSS today to follow up on students' visit to local manufacturers last week and talk more about what a career in manufacturing looks like. He discussed what jobs are available to students who are interested in going into the manufacturing industry, including many STEM careers.
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| Josh goes over some of the misconceptions about manufacturing and talks to students about what it's really like. |
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| After hearing about manufacturing, students got a chance to have their own "widget" factory and make the kinds of decisions that manufacturers are faced with everyday! |
After his talk, Josh and Brittany led the class in an interactive classroom activity through which students learned about demand, costs, resources, labor utilization, and the manufacturing process in general, an activity which they collaborated together in order to create.
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| Brittany explains some of the terms students will see as they complete the activity, including profit, costs, and revenue. |
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| Students begin work on the activity. |
If you're interested in replicating this activity in your classroom,
you can download the worksheets here. You can also request that Josh speak to your class by emailing him at
Joshua.Kemplin@udri.udayton.edu.
Thank you to Josh and the UDRI-MEP for their visit today and for helping arrange the students' visit last week to local manufacturers!
