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High School Freshmen explore Science, Energy, Communication Sponsored by the Somerset-based Center for Rural Development, the nine-year-old Rogers Explorers program at Lindsey Wilson College exposes rising ninth-grade students to a variety of topics, including community service, leadership, communication, engineering, health sciences, mathematics and science. Click on headline for full story with photo(s) By Duane Bonifer Brenna Hayes of Liberty, Ky., learned how hard it can be to control a robot. Even when a human plays the role. Hayes was one of 29 rising ninth-graders from 14 Kentucky counties who spent three days -- Sunday, June 14, through Tuesday, June 16 -- at Lindsey Wilson College as part of the Rogers Explorers program. On Tuesday morning, Hayes worked with Charlotte Burgard of Laurel County on a robot-simulation project. Based on a presentation LWC Instructor of Energy Technology Douglas Keaton gave at a conference about offshore oil drilling, students were grouped in pairs and charged with repairing a leak as a remote-control robot. One student wore a blindfold while the other student gave instructions on how to fix the leak. Keaton based the exercise on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 when engineers 23 miles away from the spill had to direct a repair robot that was six miles below the surface in the Gulf of Mexico. "The whole point of the project was to demonstrate the blindness that engineers experience in making repairs like those," said Keaton, who worked for the U.S. Department of Energy. Hayes said she felt the frustration of what it was like to be "blind" while working on repairs -- both as the robot or the engineer. "It made you realize it's not as easy to work something like you would think," said Hayes, who is the daughter of Breece and Julie Hayes, both of Liberty. In addition to classes on energy, the LWC Rogers Explorers also studied biology, where they dissected pig hearts, and communication, where they sharpened presentation skills. They also participated in a PRIDE clean-up at Green River Lake. A total of six Kentucky colleges and universities will host a Rogers Explorers program this summer. Overall, it will enroll about 180 rising high school freshmen from 45 Southeastern and Eastern counties, according to Delaney Stephens, community liaison and youth programs coordinator for The Center for Rural Development. "It's about opening up opportunities for students so that they can connect what they learn in school with what's happening in the world and in Kentucky," Stephens said. "It exposes them to real-world opportunities and possibilities that a lot of them don't know exist." Hayes said that's exactly why she enjoyed the Rogers Explorers program -- it introduced students to real-world possibilities. Hayes said she hopes her Rogers Explorers experience will help build a foundation toward her career goal of becoming a science teacher. "I want to be a science teacher because my last three science teachers have really inspired me," she said. Rogers Explorers also took part in a video-conference chat with Hazard, Ky., native Tracie Prater, a NASA engineer who is working on 3D printing in space. "It's really incredible for the Explorers to talk to someone like that and hear her story," Stephens said. This story was posted on 2015-06-17 09:02:48
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