GAVC hosts 3rd Grade Tours
by Deb Eungard
April 29, 2009
On April 23, the staff of GAVC hosted a career day for the third
grade students from Coal City. The third grade students had
recently celebrated career week at their school so the timing of
this tour was very appropriate.
The advanced Early Childhood students paired up with an instructor
to coordinate the day's event. They spent a couple weeks discussing
age appropriate activities that represented each program to its
fullest. The ECE students were then responsible for creating the
lesson plan, presenting it to the instructor, and then helping
deliver the content on the day of the event.
The day of the tour arrived and each instructor was prepared to
deliver an outstanding presentation. Click on the picture to the
right to see a slideshow of pictures from each class. The following
is a brief description of each program:
Building Trades: Mr. Humbert and Mr. Misener designed
birdhouses for each student to take home and instructed the
students on how to properly hammer nails. The birdhouses were a
huge success.
Welding: Mr. Cebulski demonstrated the proper technique
for welding. In addition, he talked about the importance of math
and let the students try on the welding equipment. The students
were amazed with how bright the light was when he welded the
metal.
Electricity/Robotics: Mr. Falbo discussed the program
and then demonstrated the different robots. He went on to explain
the importance of the robots and how the students created them and
then donated them to the local police departments. The students
loved driving the robots and marveled at the camera attached.
Health Occupations: Mrs. Squellati had the community
awareness group discuss childhood obesity and the impact it has on
young lives. The students completed a relay race of choosing
healthy foods. After the race was completed, the students were
given a coloring booklet about making healthy choices as well as a
food pyramid tattoo.
Criminal Justice: Mr. Williamson and Mr. Hanley
discussed different avenues of law enforcement. They showed the
students different aspects of the trade: handcuffs, bulletproof
vests, and swat gear. The biggest event that occurred in criminal
justice according to the third grade students was the
fingerprinting. They were also given GAVC deputy badges.
Computer Applications: Mrs. Gast lead the students
through a discussion on photoshop and then let each of them
photoshop their picture onto a Disney character. The students
thought that was cool until they learned how the t-shirt press
worked and that they were all getting a GAVC t-shirt. The word
"awesome" was heard throughout the building.
Early Childhood: While in early childhood, the students
were given GAVC name badges. In addition, Zuleima Ochoa read a
story, Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews. The students were told of
the importance of reading and learning math facts. After the story,
the students created a snack to represent Ten Black Dots.
Computer Maintenance: Mrs. Falbo passed out different
computer parts and had the students guess what they were holding.
The presentation concluded with the students putting those
components together to build a computer. They learned that if it
wasn’t built properly it wouldn’t run. The third grade students
were then given a computer stress ball that had GAVC on the
screen.
Automotive: Mr. Kacena went all out with matchbox car
races to demonstrate the automotive class. The students selected
their own matchbox car and then placed it on a track. The winner
from each class was given an automotive T-shirt. Wow! They loved
the fact that they were able to keep the cars.
As the students were walking from class to class, you could see
the excitement in their eyes and the wonder of what was coming in
the next class. The words: awesome, amazing, and cool were just a
few words that you could hear in the hallways.
This was truly an enjoyable event for students and staff alike. We
look forward to seeing the third grade students as future GAVC
students.
