{"id":1661,"date":"2014-03-13T17:21:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T17:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=1661"},"modified":"2014-03-14T17:10:06","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T17:10:06","slug":"malibu-students-make-new-connections-new-friends-and-new-lamps-at-tech-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/malibu-students-make-new-connections-new-friends-and-new-lamps-at-tech-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Malibu students make new connections, new friends and new lamps at Tech Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fifth-grade students from Malibu Elementary had the opportunity to visit the Virginia Beach Technical and Career Education Center\u00a0 for the second year in a row. The trip was a culminating activity to their Electricity Unit. Robert Shanks, trade and industrial teacher for the center, and his afternoon Electricity students and former students worked with teachers and students.<\/p>\n<p>Shanks guided the class, and students were treated to lunch and then taken through a timeline of the \u201chistory of electricity\u201d and its impact on our society. Shanks also touched upon electrical safety.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Tech-students-with-Malibu-students.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1662\" alt=\"Tech students with Malibu students\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Tech-students-with-Malibu-students.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Tech-students-with-Malibu-students.jpg 612w, http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Tech-students-with-Malibu-students-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Tech-students-with-Malibu-students-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a>Finally, the students made a lamp with the help of the tech students. The materials for the project were donated by Shanks.\u00a0 Anthony Pawlowski\u2019s carpentry students at the Tech Center made the wooden lamps and bases. As the fifth-grade students were leaving, Shanks posed a math question and writing prompt for the students to complete back in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Malibu-5th-grade-students.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1663\" alt=\"Malibu 5th grade students\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Malibu-5th-grade-students.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Malibu-5th-grade-students.jpg 612w, http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Malibu-5th-grade-students-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Malibu-5th-grade-students-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a>Not only did the experience reinforce concepts learned, but it also helped students make connections to real world applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifth-grade students from Malibu Elementary had the opportunity to visit the Virginia Beach Technical and Career Education Center\u00a0 for the second year in a row. 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