RIDGID^®, part of Emerson’s skilled instruments portfolio, hosted “We Love STEM Day” in June for 50 native college students in grades three by way of eight. The annual occasion, held at RIDGID international headquarters in Elyria, Ohio, gave younger learners the possibility to see the real-world function science, expertise, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM) performs in vital jobs, similar to manufacturing. All through the day-long expertise, college students participated in group initiatives, interactive studying video games and extra.

“STEM studying encourages college students to discover new concepts and options to real-world challenges, equipping them with the abilities and information they should thrive as college students and future professionals,” mentioned Rose Hitchens, occasion chair and chapter lead, RIDGID Ladies’s Affect Community for Emerson. “We beloved experiencing the power this yr’s college students dropped at the day’s actions. Even the youngest contributors had the possibility to see how the ideas they’re studying in class could be utilized to what we do each day at RIDGID.”

College students participated in a wide range of hands-on actions, together with making balloon vehicles, robotic palms, pinwheels, water filtration methods and solar-powered engines. Every exercise allowed college students to study concerning the significance of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, renewable power and pure assets in manufacturing.

RIDGID is a proud supporter of native applications and education-based initiatives all through Lorain County, together with the Elyria college makerspaces that reinforce STEM studying. The corporate additionally companions with present and future commerce professionals and often invests and donates merchandise. For years, its leaders have served on business boards to assist strengthen the trades.

Emerson’s skilled instruments enterprise, which incorporates RIDGID in addition to the Greenlee^® and Klauke^® manufacturers, offers the business’s broadest portfolio of superior, dependable instruments and applied sciences for the mechanical, electrical and plumbing trades globally. Go to emerson.com/professionaltools for extra info.

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