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R&R Associates:  www.rnrassociates.com
   
A THANK YOU to R&R Associates for your support in continuing to provide middle school and high school students with “hands on” STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education.  This summer R&R Associates will dedicate time to our Introduction to Design and Manufacturing Workshop.  This workshop will give students the hand-on experience in design process, creativity, engineering, marketing and much more.  Students will have the opportunity to work with designers and engineers from R&R Associates.   At the end of the 2 week camps, students will take a trip to the design and manufacturing location to see first hand the process and end result.  The Science Center of Pinellas believes that career exposure and career skills development is the key to future success.  Again, THANK YOU R&R Associates for your support in the future of our students.

 

R&R Associates is a product design firm that provides services spanning the entire product development process, including product definition, market analysis, design, engineering, in-house rapid prototyping, and overseeing the final design into production. R&R Associates has successfully developed an expansive variety of products for clients ranging from amateur inventors to global corporations like Xerox, Lipton, and Crestron Electronics. Founded as Riza Design in 1999 the company evolved into R&R Associates, bringing two talented brothers together to expand the firm's capabilities.

 

Newsflash

Florida MEP 2012 Training Schedule

Principles of Lean Manufacturing

and many more to come, visit:

http://www.floridamep.org/events.html
 

 

Middle and High School Students Don't  Miss This!

An exciting opportunity for middle and high school students is coming to the Science & Technology Education Innovation Center (Science Center). Together with its partners, the Florida Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Florida MEP) and John Ratzenberger’s to introduce "cool manufacturing" to over 1,000 students in the Pinellas region.

Students will be introduced to an innovative production system called “Lean Manufacturing.” The Florida MEP will host this half-day event in a fast-paced, action-packed role-playing environment in which students will become “employees” of a “company” that manufactures clocks. The process starts in total chaos with students scrambling to get clocks made; it ends in organized functions that let students produce hundreds of clocks, running the company on their own. The students take away:

  • Knowledge of how the products they use every day are produced
  • An understanding of the importance of standardized work
  • An ability to accurately read instructions and work in a timely manner
  • An awareness of the processes that impact their daily lives
  • The skills to set measureable goals and action plans for school projects
  • More options to apply when the time comes to choose a career

 Register will soon be open please check back for details. 
 

The Science Center is looking for additional members to join our Volunteer Group.  If your passionate about education, we want YOU!  Volunteer opportunities include: Community Liaison, Workshop Assistance, Fundraising, Family Events and Much More. Please contact Shelly at 727.384.0027 ext for more information. 
 

Thank you Dr. Amy Anderson for all your support and creating beautiful smiles for our community
www.smilesbyamy.com
 

New Web Site

New Science Center Website on the Way!

Let us know what you would like to see. This is your chance to have some input. Please tell us what you love about the science center and what you would like to see more of.

Thank you for your time.