01:00:01:15	01:00:03:24	Narrator:
Schools, communities
and businesses
01:00:03:25	01:00:06:17	are coming together
in new ways:
01:00:06:18	01:00:09:11	developing unique
collaborations
01:00:09:12	01:00:13:04	fostering teamwork
and ingenuity
01:00:13:05	01:00:16:15	inspiring young minds
to new possibilities
01:00:16:16	01:00:19:10	taking ideas
from the classroom
01:00:19:11	01:00:22:04	and fueling
the local economy.
01:00:22:05	01:00:27:29	Together, it's a new Blueprint: Designing Wisconsin's Future.
01:00:31:10	01:00:33:08	This program
was made possible in part
01:00:33:09	01:00:35:08	by the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting.
01:00:47:08	01:00:49:07	Narrator:
Exploring aerodynamics.
01:00:49:08	01:00:51:23	I drew this little dome
for the cockpit area.
01:00:51:24	01:00:54:28	Narrator:
Growing plants
without soil.
01:00:54:29	01:00:59:00	This is probably the future
of any type of farming.
01:00:59:01	01:01:03:01	Narrator:
Or building a high mileage
vehicle from scratch.
01:01:05:02	01:01:08:28	This is definitely
not your father's shop class.
01:01:10:22	01:01:14:03	Nothing like shop class
when we were in high school.
01:01:14:04	01:01:17:04	This is incredible.
01:01:17:05	01:01:19:03	We're a small little community
here in Brillion
01:01:19:04	01:01:22:18	and to have a facility like this that's really a cool thing.
01:01:22:19	01:01:25:21	The air goes around it,
and it doesn't go back here.
01:01:27:07	01:01:29:06	About six years ago,
we changed
01:01:29:07	01:01:31:17	or Technology Education program at Brillion High School.
01:01:31:18	01:01:34:25	We felt it was necessary
to move into the 21st century.
01:01:34:26	01:01:36:25	We were still
doing some things
01:01:36:26	01:01:39:07	that we thought
were old-fashioned.
01:01:39:08	01:01:41:10	And as we started
to develop relationships
01:01:41:11	01:01:43:12	with businesses in town, especially with Ariens
01:01:43:13	01:01:46:25	we had an idea.
01:01:46:26	01:01:50:06	Could we maybe expand our
program and expand the facility.
01:01:50:07	01:01:52:07	And when we
approached Ariens with that
01:01:52:08	01:01:54:07	they were
very excited about it
01:01:54:08	01:01:56:07	willing to jump on board
01:01:56:08	01:01:58:18	and that's kind of
how we got here.
01:02:00:00	01:02:02:03	Narrator:
Ariens company
is a local manufacturer
01:02:02:04	01:02:04:04	of lawn
and snow products.
01:02:04:05	01:02:07:29	The company jumped on board
with a $1.5 million donation
01:02:08:00	01:02:10:02	toward a new technology
and engineering addition
01:02:10:03	01:02:12:02	to the school.
01:02:12:03	01:02:14:18	But it wasn't just the building
that changed.
01:02:14:19	01:02:16:18	Instead of an emphasis
01:02:16:19	01:02:18:20	on what
the students make
01:02:18:21	01:02:21:05	here, it's all about
the process.
01:02:21:06	01:02:23:12	We want to create innovative
thinkers and doers.
01:02:23:13	01:02:25:12	And we want
to create young people
01:02:25:13	01:02:27:20	who have a very broad range
of knowledge
01:02:27:21	01:02:30:14	because we don't know
what they're going to go into.
01:02:30:15	01:02:33:07	And at the same time,
technology related jobs
01:02:33:08	01:02:35:20	are changing so quickly
that young people
01:02:35:21	01:02:37:17	have to know
how to adapt.
01:02:37:18	01:02:41:00	I saw a statistic
that our kids
01:02:41:01	01:02:43:29	that are in school
right now
01:02:44:00	01:02:46:11	will have at least
10 to 14 different jobs
01:02:46:12	01:02:48:11	in their lifetime.
01:02:48:12	01:02:50:13	And if they're going to have
different jobs
01:02:50:14	01:02:52:13	they're going
to have to adapt.
01:02:52:14	01:02:54:25	To adapt, they're going to
have to learn to be creative.
01:02:54:26	01:02:57:07	They're going
to have to learn
01:02:57:08	01:03:00:03	to learn new skills
all the time.
01:03:00:04	01:03:02:03	I'm gonna go be
an auto technician.
01:03:02:04	01:03:05:04	I mean, even though
I'm at the top of my class
01:03:05:05	01:03:07:04	people look down upon that.
01:03:07:05	01:03:09:04	But I figure it this way
01:03:09:05	01:03:11:04	cars are getting
more and more advanced.
01:03:11:05	01:03:13:17	Why not get smarter people
to work on them
01:03:13:18	01:03:16:17	so then when people want to know why something went wrong
01:03:16:18	01:03:18:17	I can tell you.
01:03:18:18	01:03:20:17	I know enough science
and math
01:03:20:18	01:03:23:19	to be like okay, this is what's wrong, this is why.
01:03:23:20	01:03:26:18	Problem solving, like, Like we ran into a lot of problems
01:03:26:19	01:03:29:17	and instead of, oh my gosh,
how do we fix this
01:03:29:18	01:03:32:26	we kind of sat down and okay, well we could do it this way
01:03:32:27	01:03:34:26	or we could
do it this way.
01:03:34:27	01:03:37:17	And we kind of took everybody's best interest and opinions
01:03:37:18	01:03:40:05	and put it into one.
01:03:40:06	01:03:42:05	No matter what career
you're in anymore
01:03:42:06	01:03:44:07	if you can, you're going
to be using technology
01:03:44:08	01:03:46:07	and oftentimes,
we want young people
01:03:46:08	01:03:48:07	to think like engineers
01:03:48:08	01:03:50:07	not necessarily
become an engineer
01:03:50:08	01:03:52:07	but use the design
and problem solving process
01:03:52:08	01:03:54:07	like engineers do
every day.
01:03:54:08	01:03:56:25	Two of our stars last year,
were two females.
01:03:56:26	01:03:58:25	These two young females
01:03:58:26	01:04:01:26	are now going to a school,
a college
01:04:01:27	01:04:03:26	for a nursing degree.
01:04:03:27	01:04:06:04	And I definitely
want my nurse
01:04:06:05	01:04:08:20	if I ever get sick,
to be a problem solver.
01:04:11:29	01:04:16:08	Narrator:
Problem solving is key to the
high mileage vehicle program
01:04:16:09	01:04:18:08	an innovative class
01:04:18:09	01:04:21:21	where students can take their talents out for a spin.
01:04:21:22	01:04:23:21	For last year's
first all-female team
01:04:23:22	01:04:27:01	it was about more than
just making a nice looking car.
01:04:27:02	01:04:30:11	We accomplished something
that I never thought we would.
01:04:30:12	01:04:33:19	The day it was done, we were, wow, we actually built this.
01:04:33:20	01:04:35:19	I never thought
in a million years
01:04:35:20	01:04:38:03	that I would have
built a car like this.
01:04:38:04	01:04:42:07	Narrator:
And not only are they learning,
this year, they're leading.
01:04:42:08	01:04:45:15	I'm so happy to be here
to like teach the girls
01:04:45:16	01:04:47:26	all the things
that we learned last year.
01:04:47:27	01:04:50:07	Because last year
was the males teaching us
01:04:50:08	01:04:53:25	everything, from the size
of a nut and a bolt, to welding.
01:04:53:26	01:04:56:27	Like we're the ones that
get to teach that this year.
01:04:56:28	01:04:58:27	That's a really good feeling
01:04:58:28	01:05:01:04	to know that you're teaching somebody something else
01:05:01:05	01:05:03:10	that they could use
forever in their life.
01:05:06:15	01:05:10:05	Narrator:
Now this small school
with big ideas
01:05:10:06	01:05:13:26	is setting an example
for schools across Wisconsin.
01:05:13:27	01:05:15:26	A lot of places
are coming
01:05:15:27	01:05:17:28	to find out
how we're doing that
01:05:17:29	01:05:21:09	how we're getting the industry to be involved in our schools.
01:05:21:10	01:05:24:28	So it's not just a local thing, it's really a statewide thing
01:05:24:29	01:05:28:00	where people are going, wow,
a small community like Brillion
01:05:28:01	01:05:30:00	can have
that great interaction
01:05:30:01	01:05:32:03	with their business and industry and schools
01:05:32:04	01:05:34:03	maybe
we can do it too.
01:05:34:04	01:05:37:16	Narrator:
A great interaction
between businesses and schools.
01:05:37:17	01:05:42:10	For the Ariens Company, it means
more than a monetary donation.
01:05:42:11	01:05:44:10	It means
hands-on involvement.
01:05:44:11	01:05:47:11	I would encourage
any business to go ahead
01:05:47:12	01:05:49:20	and see what they can do
01:05:49:21	01:05:53:15	to help out their local
high school or tech schools,
01:05:53:16	01:05:55:24	technical colleges
or even four-year colleges
01:05:55:25	01:05:57:24	where they can get involved.
01:05:57:25	01:06:01:10	And it doesn't
have to be a huge expense.
01:06:01:11	01:06:03:10	Obviously,
the Ariens Company
01:06:03:11	01:06:06:03	putting the money into this
building is a big expense.
01:06:06:04	01:06:08:16	But a lot of what
we've also done
01:06:08:17	01:06:11:17	is simply our time,
and that's rather easy to do.
01:06:11:18	01:06:14:20	When you start putting a little bit of pressure on there
01:06:14:21	01:06:16:20	it automatically
releases one of the tires.
01:06:16:21	01:06:18:20	I would really encourage
01:06:18:21	01:06:20:28	any business
in the state of Wisconsin
01:06:20:29	01:06:23:29	to make that contact
with the local high school
01:06:24:00	01:06:25:29	and find out, brainstorm
01:06:26:00	01:06:29:00	talk about ways
that they can go and help.
01:06:29:01	01:06:31:09	And I think
just in doing that
01:06:31:10	01:06:36:02	it may open up some eyes
to what can be done.
01:06:36:03	01:06:40:02	The Ariens Company
is a very sophisticated company
01:06:40:03	01:06:44:02	when it comes
to thinking into the future
01:06:44:03	01:06:46:02	promoting change
and intellectual curiousity.
01:06:46:03	01:06:48:12	At Brillion High School,
we try to do the same.
01:06:48:13	01:06:50:12	We couldn't
do it without them.
01:06:50:13	01:06:52:12	It's just a wonderful partnership.
01:06:52:13	01:06:55:22	And it's absolutely amazing, once Ariens Company
01:06:55:23	01:06:58:03	which is such a respected company, became involved
01:06:58:04	01:07:00:25	many other companies also
jumped in and became involved.
01:07:00:26	01:07:02:25	There isn't
a week that goes by
01:07:02:26	01:07:05:01	that I don't get a call
from some type of major company
01:07:05:02	01:07:07:08	saying, how can we be
a part of this excitement.
01:07:07:09	01:07:09:17	So I definitely think
01:07:09:18	01:07:12:02	if other schools and communities can get this rolling
01:07:12:03	01:07:14:21	the snowball
just gets bigger and bigger.
01:07:32:25	01:07:35:14	It's tons of fun.
01:07:36:11	01:07:39:13	It's just the greatest thing
out there.
01:07:44:24	01:07:47:27	Who doesn't like
playing with legos?
It's just fun.
01:07:47:28	01:07:51:18	Narrator:
"It" is First Lego League, an event where playing with Legos
01:07:51:19	01:07:54:15	is transformed
into a brain bending--
01:07:54:16	01:07:55:29	As you press it,
the robot goes.
01:07:56:00	01:07:57:12	Problem solving--
01:07:57:13	01:07:59:25	A week before the regional competition
01:07:59:26	01:08:02:09	our robot pretty much
stopped working.
01:08:02:10	01:08:04:04	Creative thinking--
01:08:04:05	01:08:05:29	We built this prototype ourselves.
01:08:06:00	01:08:07:29	Team event.
01:08:08:00	01:08:09:05	§ §
01:08:09:06	01:08:12:12	This is our 10th anniversary,
I'm proud to say.
01:08:12:13	01:08:14:28	Wisconsin is one of
the first states
01:08:14:29	01:08:17:03	to get engaged
in the program.
01:08:17:04	01:08:18:29	First Lego League itself
is ten years old
01:08:19:00	01:08:20:25	so we've been in it
since day one.
01:08:20:26	01:08:23:17	This is where
we get to see the results
01:08:23:18	01:08:25:26	of three months
of hard work
01:08:25:27	01:08:28:26	from almost 500
involved students.
01:08:28:27	01:08:32:12	Narrator:
Those 500 students
have been working hard.
01:08:32:13	01:08:34:13	Part of their time has been
spent researching a topic
01:08:34:14	01:08:37:17	related to this year's theme
of Climate Connections.
01:08:37:18	01:08:40:23	But research
isn't enough.
01:08:40:24	01:08:43:05	Team members must then devise
an innovative solution
01:08:43:06	01:08:45:14	to a climate problem
in their community.
01:08:45:15	01:08:48:15	Store all the energy
in a big battery.
01:08:48:16	01:08:51:15	Then you can run it
through a compressor.
01:08:51:16	01:08:54:16	That will power the geothermal systems with that
01:08:54:17	01:08:57:17	so you don't
have to use any coal
01:08:57:18	01:08:59:25	or natural gas
to power this.
01:08:59:26	01:09:01:27	It's completely
environmentally friendly.
01:09:01:28	01:09:05:06	Narrator:
At the competition event,
each team then has five minutes
01:09:05:07	01:09:08:14	to present its research and
solutions to a panel of judges.
01:09:08:15	01:09:10:17	Creativity is key.
01:09:10:18	01:09:13:13	This means
more flooding!
01:09:13:14	01:09:15:13	(laughs maniacally)
01:09:15:14	01:09:18:09	All:
Go climate defenders!
01:09:18:10	01:09:20:27	Good job guys.
01:09:20:28	01:09:22:27	(applause)
01:09:22:28	01:09:25:28	Narrator:
Teams are also judged on their
ability to think on their feet
01:09:25:29	01:09:27:24	while working
as a team.
01:09:27:25	01:09:30:10	In only a few minutes, they
must come up with a solution
01:09:30:11	01:09:32:23	to a problem
they have just been given.
01:09:32:24	01:09:35:11	Okay,
let's do it, guys.
01:09:35:12	01:09:37:10	All right, guys,
we got it!
01:09:37:11	01:09:39:09	Woooooo!
01:09:39:10	01:09:42:28	Narrator:
Then there's the big
attraction: the lego robots.
01:09:42:29	01:09:45:15	PA Announer:
Three, two, one...
01:09:45:16	01:09:48:00	Legos!
01:09:48:01	01:09:50:14	(cheering)
01:09:50:15	01:09:52:14	Narrator:
Each team designs, builds
and programs a lego robot
01:09:52:15	01:09:54:13	to complete missions
01:09:54:14	01:09:58:25	while maneuvering
around a playing field.
01:09:58:26	01:10:03:08	The most challenging part for me is getting the robot to do
01:10:03:09	01:10:05:25	what we actually
want it to do.
01:10:05:26	01:10:11:08	(cheering)
01:10:11:09	01:10:14:14	Narrator:
Facing challenges,
devising solutions
01:10:14:15	01:10:16:17	and performing
under pressure
01:10:16:18	01:10:19:15	building big skills
from little blocks.
01:10:19:16	01:10:22:06	Lego League
is really interesting.
01:10:22:07	01:10:25:14	It offers some aspects
of engineering
01:10:25:15	01:10:29:24	that transfer
right to the high end stuff.
01:10:29:25	01:10:34:02	You learn to program,
to develop computer code.
01:10:34:03	01:10:36:02	And then also you learn
01:10:36:03	01:10:38:12	the mechanical aspects
of building a robot.
01:10:38:13	01:10:41:02	And you do that
all in the context
01:10:41:03	01:10:43:03	of something really simple,
like legos.
01:10:43:04	01:10:48:28	So even though it's working
with something as basic as legos
01:10:48:29	01:10:51:07	they're actually solving
the core of what challenges
01:10:51:08	01:10:53:07	they're going to see
in real life.
01:10:53:08	01:10:55:07	Just learning
about teamwork
01:10:55:08	01:10:58:03	and working with a bunch
of different kinds of people.
01:10:58:04	01:11:00:23	It's really helpful
for whatever you choose to do.
01:11:00:24	01:11:02:23	Narrator:
Building skills for the future
01:11:02:24	01:11:04:23	is at the core
of First Lego League.
01:11:04:24	01:11:08:18	In Wisconsin, the program
is entirely dependent
01:11:08:19	01:11:10:13	on community volunteers
and sponsors.
01:11:10:14	01:11:12:09	And it is through
this involvement
01:11:12:10	01:11:14:15	that communities
across the state
01:11:14:16	01:11:19:23	are playing a part in developing tomorrow's skilled workforce.
01:11:19:24	01:11:21:28	It's an all-volunteer
driven program.
01:11:21:29	01:11:24:16	Everybody that does
what they do
01:11:24:17	01:11:26:16	they do
because they want to.
01:11:26:17	01:11:28:25	You see a lot of passion
on the part of the people
01:11:28:26	01:11:30:25	that are involved
in the program.
01:11:30:26	01:11:35:06	It builds on finding adults
to act as coaches and mentors
01:11:35:07	01:11:38:24	that want to work with teams,
as role models.
01:11:38:25	01:11:42:19	It's very important to give our students more opportunities
01:11:42:20	01:11:44:28	to understand
what adults do
01:11:44:29	01:11:47:02	for a living.
01:11:47:03	01:11:51:05	They're just learning
so many skills for the future.
01:11:51:06	01:11:53:25	They're in it because
they have a good time.
01:11:53:26	01:11:56:07	And they learn
through the course of it.
01:11:56:08	01:11:59:15	They don't even know that that's going on in the background.
01:11:59:16	01:12:02:09	If you ever want to get a
career in programming robots
01:12:02:10	01:12:05:09	or if you ever want to grow up
doing something like that
01:12:05:10	01:12:07:09	then this
is the place to start.
01:12:07:10	01:12:10:25	I'm here because I'm on the team and I love First Lego League.
01:12:10:26	01:12:15:11	PA Announcer:
It's just taking off and it keeps on going.
01:12:15:12	01:12:18:10	(cheering and applause)
01:12:37:08	01:12:40:15	I'm just going to vortex
it up against the resins...
01:12:40:16	01:12:42:20	Narrator:
How do you get
students excited
01:12:42:21	01:12:44:20	about something
they can barely see?
01:12:44:21	01:12:47:03	We're here today
to do a really neat lab
01:12:47:04	01:12:49:10	about...?
01:12:49:11	01:12:51:04	Who can raise their hand
and tell me the topic?
01:12:51:05	01:12:52:29	Raise your hand.
Anybody?
01:12:53:00	01:12:56:02	Bioluminescence?
01:12:53:00	01:12:56:02	Excellent.
01:12:56:03	01:12:59:14	Narrator:
Working in science today requires knowing more
01:12:59:15	01:13:03:10	than how to work
with fruit flies and earthworms.
01:13:03:11	01:13:05:14	Students now
need scientific skills
01:13:05:15	01:13:07:14	unimaginable
a generation ago.
01:13:07:15	01:13:11:14	One bridge between nanoscience
and young minds
01:13:11:15	01:13:14:07	is the Biopharmaceutical Technology Center Institute
01:13:14:08	01:13:16:07	or BTCI.
01:13:16:08	01:13:20:02	BTCI aims to get kids
in real labs
01:13:20:03	01:13:22:01	running real experiments
01:13:22:02	01:13:24:01	almost as soon
as they hop off the bus.
01:13:24:02	01:13:27:19	Okay, so everybody
label their plates
01:13:27:20	01:13:30:01	and plate
their bacteria.
01:13:30:02	01:13:32:14	If they're doing things
with their hands
01:13:32:15	01:13:35:07	if they're moving their bodies around the room
01:13:35:08	01:13:38:00	to work with equipment
and to model concepts
01:13:38:01	01:13:40:10	if they're putting on lab coats, they're naturally excited.
01:13:40:11	01:13:43:16	There's not a problem
with getting kids excited here.
01:13:43:17	01:13:45:16	Narrator:
And that's
the whole point.
01:13:45:17	01:13:47:17	With biotech firm Promega
as its primary sponsor
01:13:47:18	01:13:51:27	BTCI gets kids excited
about science.
01:13:51:28	01:13:54:23	We said, you know, it'd be great if we could partner more
01:13:54:24	01:13:56:23	with educational institutes, bring in students
01:13:56:24	01:13:59:19	and have them see a little bit more of what we do.
01:13:59:20	01:14:02:20	It's also a way
of giving back, in a sense
01:14:02:21	01:14:05:04	to the community
01:14:05:05	01:14:08:22	to providing a background
of experience for students
01:14:08:23	01:14:12:24	and providing them
with a bit of an experience
01:14:12:25	01:14:15:01	coming into
a biotech company
01:14:15:02	01:14:17:01	and seeing what we do
01:14:17:02	01:14:19:07	and actually getting their hands on the experiments in the labs.
01:14:19:08	01:14:21:13	Narrator:
Getting hands-on
lab experience
01:14:21:14	01:14:25:00	is why middle school
science teacher Sarah Worley
01:14:25:01	01:14:27:06	brought her class
to BTCI.
01:14:27:07	01:14:29:06	We're here today
to do an experiment
01:14:29:07	01:14:31:06	that we can't
pull off at school.
01:14:31:07	01:14:34:28	The experiment we're trying
to do involves genetics.
01:14:34:29	01:14:38:24	And it involves bacteria.
01:14:38:25	01:14:40:23	So the kids are trying to take genes from one creature
01:14:40:24	01:14:43:14	and put them into the genes
of another creature.
01:14:43:15	01:14:46:05	They're taking the glow genes from the click beetle
01:14:46:06	01:14:52:22	and they're trying to put them into the ecoli bacteria cell.
01:14:52:23	01:14:56:01	They like that they're
putting on lab coats.
01:14:56:02	01:14:58:17	They like that they're
putting on goggles and gloves
01:14:58:18	01:15:01:19	and that they got to use these sterile pieces of equipment.
01:15:01:20	01:15:04:19	And probably the best part
comes at the end for them
01:15:04:20	01:15:07:00	when they see
the glowing bacteria
01:15:07:01	01:15:09:21	and they actually see
that it got to work.
01:15:09:22	01:15:11:21	Pretty cool.
01:15:11:22	01:15:15:14	It's something that, you know,
in the classroom you can't do
01:15:15:15	01:15:17:26	so we actually
got to come here
01:15:17:27	01:15:20:07	and do things,
and use materials
01:15:20:08	01:15:23:00	that we don't get to use
in science class.
01:15:23:01	01:15:26:26	So it's more exciting
to be in an actual lab.
01:15:26:27	01:15:29:08	Everybody
be a neutron!
01:15:29:09	01:15:32:07	What charge
do neutrons have?
01:15:32:08	01:15:35:07	Neutral,
like a big zero!
01:15:35:08	01:15:38:15	Narrator:
Beyond these middle school
field trips
01:15:38:16	01:15:40:17	BTCI plays a key role
01:15:40:18	01:15:42:19	in nurturing
tomorrow's biotech workers
01:15:42:20	01:15:45:04	through the Wisconsin Youth Apprenticeship program.
01:15:45:05	01:15:48:07	This statewide
initiative
01:15:48:08	01:15:51:12	offers high school juniors
and seniors the opportunity
01:15:51:13	01:15:53:07	to explore a career
while still in school.
01:15:53:08	01:15:55:07	Several work areas
are available
01:15:55:08	01:15:57:26	including auto tech,
health services and tourism.
01:15:57:27	01:15:59:26	But the only
biotech option
01:15:59:27	01:16:01:28	is coordinated
through BTCI.
01:16:01:29	01:16:06:05	You got your DNA samples
in your ice buckets?
01:16:06:06	01:16:09:02	The apprenticeship program
is incredible
01:16:09:03	01:16:14:00	because it offers high school credit, college credit
01:16:14:01	01:16:16:23	and pay for working in an area that a student wants to explore.
01:16:16:24	01:16:18:23	But the students
have to make a real sacrifice
01:16:18:24	01:16:21:00	because they have to
give up extra-curriculars.
01:16:21:01	01:16:24:05	They have to give up afternoon classes, have early dismissal.
01:16:24:06	01:16:26:08	And they have to be willing
to go to work in a lab
01:16:26:09	01:16:28:08	three hours
or four hours a day.
01:16:28:09	01:16:30:08	Four or five days
a week.
01:16:30:09	01:16:32:08	Narrator:
Zac Kunkel of Oregon
01:16:32:09	01:16:35:23	is one of those students
willing to make the sacrifice.
01:16:35:24	01:16:39:19	He leaves high school at noon
to spend half the day
01:16:39:20	01:16:41:24	working on the UW campus
01:16:41:25	01:16:44:26	at the Center for Eukaryotic Structural Genomics.
01:16:44:27	01:16:47:00	I'm working
in the Cloning Division.
01:16:47:01	01:16:49:26	I've been asking myself
one question throughout science.
01:16:49:27	01:16:54:13	How does it work?
01:16:54:14	01:16:56:22	And I've gotten
down to DNA coding.
01:16:56:23	01:16:59:01	Now I want
to find out proteins.
01:16:59:02	01:17:01:14	Actually, the Center for Eukaryotic Structural Genomics
01:17:01:15	01:17:03:14	was the perfect job
01:17:03:15	01:17:05:26	because they're working
on the protium project
01:17:05:27	01:17:08:08	which is like
the human genome project
01:17:08:09	01:17:10:08	It's awesome.
01:17:10:09	01:17:12:09	Narrator:
An awesome experience
01:17:12:10	01:17:15:11	that also makes
a scientific contribution.
01:17:15:12	01:17:19:05	Brian Fox, a lead investigator
for the Center
01:17:19:06	01:17:21:05	for Eukaryotic
Structural Genomics
01:17:21:06	01:17:24:05	is a firm believer in the
Youth Apprenticeship Program.
01:17:24:06	01:17:27:16	I think over
4-1/2 or five years now
01:17:27:17	01:17:30:14	that we've been involved
with this program
01:17:30:15	01:17:33:25	there's very good evidence
that high school students
01:17:33:26	01:17:38:29	can step right in and make
a very valuable contribution.
01:17:39:00	01:17:41:02	That's why
I'm a firm believer in it.
01:17:41:03	01:17:43:02	I have the evidence
from the people.
01:17:43:03	01:17:45:02	It really helped me learn
about what I want to do
01:17:45:03	01:17:47:02	and what I really like.
01:17:47:03	01:17:50:23	I feel that getting paid
for what I do is also a plus
01:17:50:24	01:17:52:19	'cause I'm saving
for college.
01:17:52:20	01:17:54:16	And most people
don't think of science
01:17:54:17	01:17:57:00	as the cool thing to,
do but I think it's really cool
01:17:57:01	01:18:01:09	'cause I'm helping
other people every day.
01:18:01:10	01:18:03:09	I asked my biology teacher
one day
01:18:03:10	01:18:05:10	if he knew anything about
what I was studying.
01:18:05:11	01:18:07:27	And he's like, you surpassed my knowledge a couple weeks ago.
01:18:07:28	01:18:13:14	So, yeah, I am definitely
excelling because of BTCI.
01:18:13:15	01:18:16:17	It's a really
great program.
01:18:16:18	01:18:18:21	I think businesses,
educational institutes,
01:18:18:22	01:18:20:21	schools, universities
realize today
01:18:20:22	01:18:23:23	that you can't exist
in a vacuum.
01:18:23:24	01:18:28:04	You can't do what you do independent of everybody else.
01:18:28:05	01:18:31:09	For the businesses,
it keeps you fresh.
01:18:31:10	01:18:33:16	Students are always
asking questions.
01:18:33:17	01:18:35:16	They have ideas.
01:18:35:17	01:18:38:02	They're out and about
and learning.
01:18:38:03	01:18:41:03	And it keeps us remindful
and mindful
01:18:41:04	01:18:43:04	of the importance
of always learning
01:18:43:05	01:18:45:07	exposing ourselves to the people who ask the tough questions
01:18:45:08	01:18:49:16	and give us a lot
to think about.
01:18:49:17	01:18:51:16	BTCH
is a wonderful resource
01:18:51:17	01:18:53:18	for teachers and students
in Wisconsin
01:18:53:19	01:18:59:09	in that it provides
a model of how corporations
01:18:59:10	01:19:01:15	can partner with education
01:19:01:16	01:19:04:04	to really enhance
science technology
01:19:04:05	01:19:06:08	engineering
and math efforts.
01:19:06:09	01:19:10:25	If we are truly to meet the need
of professionals in the future
01:19:10:26	01:19:13:08	it has to be more than a talk about the need.
01:19:13:09	01:19:16:01	Real action
needs to be taken.
01:19:16:02	01:19:20:01	And these kinds of efforts are what's going to get us there.
01:19:39:10	01:19:41:15	Narrator:
In Westfield,
the Pioneer Restaurant
01:19:41:16	01:19:43:15	is just off the highway.
01:19:43:16	01:19:46:14	Pioneer Westfield High
is down the road.
01:19:46:15	01:19:49:10	Together, they are pioneering
a new way to work together
01:19:49:11	01:19:51:20	that benefits
everyone involved.
01:19:51:21	01:19:54:02	It's helping the community.
It's helping the environment.
01:19:54:03	01:19:58:05	Narrator:
Believe it or not,
it all starts here
01:19:58:06	01:20:01:16	in the restaurant's
deep fryer.
01:20:01:17	01:20:05:12	We're making
buses run on it.
01:20:05:13	01:20:08:25	Narrator:
Every week, the leftover grease
is collected and processed
01:20:08:26	01:20:12:16	into fuel that runs the school
district's bus fleet.
01:20:12:17	01:20:16:04	It's basically
just vegetable oil.
01:20:16:05	01:20:19:02	There's not so many
harsh chemicals put out
01:20:19:03	01:20:21:02	into the environment.
01:20:21:03	01:20:24:08	Narrator:
And it saves money.
01:20:24:09	01:20:28:12	We're saving about $30,000
to $50,000 this fiscal year.
01:20:28:13	01:20:31:02	Narrator:
But the real pay-off
from Westfield's
01:20:31:03	01:20:33:25	investment in biodiesel
may be down the road
01:20:33:26	01:20:36:16	in what Pioneer High
students gain
01:20:36:17	01:20:38:16	by being part
of the project.
01:20:38:17	01:20:40:22	The day we came up
with the idea
01:20:40:23	01:20:42:22	we actually talked
to Paul Zuelke on this
01:20:42:23	01:20:45:11	and asked if he would like this as part of the curriculum.
01:20:45:12	01:20:48:06	This is something you don't normally get in classes.
01:20:48:07	01:20:50:02	This is a very unique opportunity.
01:20:50:03	01:20:54:15	Take us through the process and see how much -- we have to use
01:20:54:16	01:20:56:15	in order to break that down
01:20:56:16	01:20:59:29	to make our FAME, fatty acid
methyl ester, or the biodeisel.
01:21:00:02	01:21:03:03	Narrator:
Learning about biodiesel in
the classroom teaches chemistry.
01:21:03:04	01:21:06:18	We see the need now
of our students
01:21:06:19	01:21:09:02	to get more science credit
to graduate from Westfield.
01:21:09:03	01:21:11:07	We need to give the kids
more opportunities.
01:21:11:08	01:21:14:11	This is regular
soybean oil...
01:21:14:12	01:21:16:14	Narrator:
Opportunities that also
develop the skills needed
01:21:16:15	01:21:19:23	to do the kinds of jobs
these students will go into.
01:21:19:24	01:21:22:10	If we were going to make
a 40-gallon batch
01:21:22:11	01:21:24:10	this could be our
test batch, correct?
01:21:24:11	01:21:26:18	That's what we do
at the bus garage.
01:21:26:19	01:21:28:29	It's not like someone else does
it, we look at what they do.
01:21:29:00	01:21:30:29	We actually do it.
01:21:31:00	01:21:33:27	We're going to put some
titration solution in here.
01:21:33:28	01:21:37:07	I like it, because
that's the way I learn.
01:21:37:08	01:21:40:04	Narrator:
Eric Rau learns by tackling
a problem hands-on
01:21:40:05	01:21:42:22	applying knowledge
and coming up with a solution.
01:21:42:23	01:21:44:22	Westfield's biodiesel program
makes that possible.
01:21:44:23	01:21:47:15	Yep, this is
what we put in it.
01:21:47:16	01:21:49:15	They can understand
that science
01:21:49:16	01:21:51:11	isn't just
in the science classroom.
01:21:51:12	01:21:55:11	Narrator:
In addition
to the science learning
01:21:55:12	01:21:57:11	students also go
into the community
01:21:57:12	01:22:00:06	to spread the word about
the pioneering work
01:22:00:07	01:22:02:06	being done
in Westfield.
01:22:02:07	01:22:04:15	It was a genuine source
of pride for me
01:22:04:16	01:22:06:15	to watch those students
01:22:06:16	01:22:08:15	interact and truly communicate and demonstrate
01:22:08:16	01:22:10:15	that they understand
this process very well.
01:22:10:16	01:22:13:20	People were shocked
that we can make biodeisel
01:22:13:21	01:22:15:13	from vegetable oil.
01:22:15:14	01:22:17:07	Everybody was really
either awestruck
01:22:17:08	01:22:19:20	or impressed
with what we're doing.
01:22:19:21	01:22:23:18	Narrator:
All of Westfield
can take part.
01:22:23:19	01:22:25:17	The program has multiple
drop-off sites
01:22:25:18	01:22:27:17	for people to bring their own used cooking oil.
01:22:27:18	01:22:29:27	But no community partner
01:22:29:28	01:22:33:13	has contributed more
than Brakebush Chicken.
01:22:33:14	01:22:36:11	The Westfield business
supplies poultry
01:22:36:12	01:22:38:21	to restaurants
across Wisconsin.
01:22:38:22	01:22:41:01	Anywhere from eight-piece
chicken dinners
01:22:41:02	01:22:44:08	to your flavored filet,
wings or tenders.
01:22:44:09	01:22:47:06	A full line
of poultry items.
01:22:47:07	01:22:51:05	Narrator:
They use
a lot of cooking oil.
01:22:51:06	01:22:53:22	While the Pioneer and
other restaurants in town
01:22:53:23	01:22:56:09	are happy to have
their grease hauled away
01:22:56:10	01:22:59:05	Brakebush already had
a market for its used oil.
01:22:59:06	01:23:02:09	Still, the company saw the value
in giving it to the school
01:23:02:10	01:23:04:09	to be turned into
biodiesel.
01:23:04:10	01:23:06:09	Our employees here
01:23:06:10	01:23:08:21	a lot of them have kids
that go to the school district.
01:23:08:22	01:23:12:21	We have family that have kids
in the school district.
01:23:12:22	01:23:14:21	It was a great way for us
to commit to the community
01:23:14:22	01:23:16:21	or help out
the community
01:23:16:22	01:23:20:12	in a way that you wouldn't normally be able to do.
01:23:20:13	01:23:23:29	Narrator:
The community helps the school
by supplying used oil.
01:23:24:00	01:23:26:00	The school
helps the community
01:23:26:01	01:23:29:21	by making it into clean-burning and less costly biodiesel.
01:23:29:22	01:23:33:14	Along the way, students learn
the cutting edge chemistry
01:23:33:15	01:23:35:14	of alternative energy.
01:23:35:15	01:23:37:14	And that's
only the beginning.
01:23:37:15	01:23:39:13	The glycerine
in the bottom
01:23:39:14	01:23:41:14	is what we actually use
to pull that out.
01:23:41:15	01:23:43:13	We'd actually use that
to do our soap
01:23:43:14	01:23:45:12	our liquid
hand soap.
01:23:45:13	01:23:48:06	Narrator:
Soap making from glycerine
01:23:48:07	01:23:51:00	leftover from
the biodeisel processing
01:23:51:01	01:23:54:10	is phase two of the
Pioneer Westfield High project.
01:23:54:11	01:23:57:04	Students not only learn
to make the product
01:23:57:05	01:24:00:17	but are also marketing
the earth-friendly soap.
01:24:00:18	01:24:05:01	There's a lot of people
interested in buying it.
01:24:05:02	01:24:06:29	They want to put money
back into the school.
01:24:07:00	01:24:08:26	Narrator:
And that community
investment in schools
01:24:08:27	01:24:10:28	is paying off,
in cleaner air
01:24:10:29	01:24:13:02	and cleaner hands.
01:24:13:03	01:24:16:28	And in the experience
it provides students.
01:24:16:29	01:24:19:22	I think that's
what employers look for.
01:24:19:23	01:24:22:11	The employers we talk to
are looking for those skills
01:24:22:12	01:24:24:11	that you can't teach.
01:24:24:12	01:24:26:18	They're hard to teach
in a normal classroom setting.
01:24:26:19	01:24:28:18	I think
it's really valuable.
01:24:28:19	01:24:31:20	Narrator:
Cleaner energy today.
01:24:31:21	01:24:33:22	Job skills for tomorrow.
01:24:33:23	01:24:38:11	Both mean a brighter future
for these Westfield Pioneers.
01:24:42:26	01:24:46:02	All around Wisconsin,
dedicated professionals
01:24:46:03	01:24:48:20	and motivated volunteers
are coming together
01:24:48:21	01:24:52:10	in new ways
to support education.
01:24:52:11	01:24:54:16	Partnerships
among schools, communities
01:24:54:17	01:24:58:07	and businesses are providing innovative learning experiences
01:24:58:08	01:25:02:09	that are designing the Blueprint for Wisconsin's Future.
01:25:11:02	01:25:15:09	Is something similar
happening at your school?
01:25:15:10	01:25:18:28	Tell us about it at:
wistem.org
01:25:56:00	01:25:57:29	This program
was made possible in part
01:25:58:00	01:26:00:04	by the Corporation
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