Futureintech+ambassadors

toc **Jenny Dee** Hawke’s Bay Facilitator jdee@futureintech.org.nz mobile 027 2907 937

This page is going to contain material sent in by __**Jenny Dee**__ - Futureintech ambassador project facilitator for Hawke's Bay. Jenny has a number of really keen young engineers who have been trained to work with your students and support them in any way they can. Please make use of this service, it's free! If we make use of it it will continue to grow and benefit our students.

November
It's a good month, worth reading! This shows food tech teachers what really goes on in industry. It's a wee bit more complicated that just cooking!

If tech teachers would like support from a food technologist, they can contact me, and I will try to find an NZIFST member to support them. I need to know what school they are at, so I know what area they are in. If they would like support from an engineer, they can contact Susan Weekes at IPENZ, and ask if she has a GAS Engineer in their area. GAS (stands for **G**et **A**long**S**ide a careers adviser) engineers are IPENZ members who are too old to be Ambassadors, or work in an area where Facilitators do not operate, who have volunteered to support schools in their area to promote careers in engineering.Susan Weekes: sweekes@ipenz.org.nz ph 04 473 2021

Hopefully you had a chance to enrol in the Profruit visits.

Jenny has found an American publication called **Design Squad: inspiring a new generation of engineers,** targetted at 9 -12 year olds. You can dowload 10 engineering challenges from the website. Here's the link:http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/educators_guide.html

October
Here's a list of the ambassadors available in Hawke's Bay. Have a look and see if any of them could be interesting to your 2008 programme.

September
Jenny is offering a chance for teachers to go and see what Vectek does in it's manufacturing facility in Onekawa, Napier. Wednesday 24th October, 4.30 - 6.00pm. It sounds like a great opportunity, so contact Jenny soon and let her know if you're interested. See attachment for details.