{"id":4515,"date":"2016-06-28T11:39:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T15:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/?p=4515"},"modified":"2016-07-01T09:22:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T13:22:01","slug":"hands-on-at-barclay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2016\/06\/hands-on-at-barclay\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands-On at Barclay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sixth-grader Ryan Boyce eyes the tangle of straws, wooden dowels, and duct tape in his hand. He\u2019s sitting in a classroom at Barclay Elementary\/Middle School, where his science class, along with 13 Johns Hopkins undergrads, is tackling an engineering challenge: Each team must create a working claw with moving parts that can lift trinkets and place them into a tub. Next week the student teams will compete against one another to demonstrate agility and speed.<\/p>\n<p>Boyce wants to trim one of his dowels. Mingyu Yang \u201919 peers over: \u201cExplain to me the rationale behind cutting it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2016\/06\/hands-on-at-barclay\/barclay1_160-copy-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4793\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-4793\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Barclay1_160-copy-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of a JHU student working with Barclay students \" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Barclay1_160-copy-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Barclay1_160-copy-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Barclay1_160-copy-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\u201cBecause I want them to be, like, almost the same size,\u201d Boyce replies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s the benefit of having them the same size?\u201d queries Yang.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll have better control,\u201d Boyce explains. Yang nods, Boyce cuts the dowel, and the claw is off and running.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange illustrates the reason that Yang and his fellow undergrads signed up for this one-credit Intersession course\u2014to learn the ins and outs of teaching STEM subjects.<\/p>\n<p>The course is part of a <a href=\"http:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/outreach\/get-involved\/barclay-school-partnership\/\">10-year, multimillion-dollar partnership<\/a> between the Whiting School and Barclay targeting higher achievement at the school and stronger neighborhoods around the Homewood campus, featuring proven curricula infusing elements of engineering into every grade.<\/p>\n<p>The course goes beyond helping the undergrads become better teachers, says instructor Margaret Hart, the Whiting School <a href=\"http:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/outreach\/\">Center for Educational Outreach<\/a>\u2019s middle school program manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLearning how to teach incorporates many different skills,\u201d she says. \u201cOne of the most useful is the skill of communicating ideas to people who do not have the same background knowledge. Scientists and engineers need this skill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Johns Hopkins students often get more than they bargained for. \u201cWhat\u2019s more thrilling than helping with science is connecting on a personal level,\u201d Yang says. \u201cI\u2019ve been exposed to a broader social dynamic in Baltimore. It\u2019s opened me to the Baltimore community as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixth-grader Ryan Boyce eyes the tangle of straws, wooden dowels, and duct tape in his hand. 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