www.parkworld-online.com
Josh Hughes
at a small expo on an entire explanation of the work he and his friends did on LittleBigPlanet, and how that work connects to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math). Those adults came up to us wide-eyed, in utter
disbelief that this quiet student just put on a public presentation. Even more than our own story, that helped open our eyes to how much access to computer science and game design could open doors for others!
weekend, I tried JavaScript, and it was easy because your camp taught me to think like a Another student who, as a middle schooler, took
should take Science and Biology classes in order to bring more STEAM knowledge to your art. When she graduated, an art college in Oregon found out and gave her a full ride scholarship since she spent her high school years mixing Art classes with AP Anatomy and Biology. have since grown into adulthood) come back and
help us with various projects on our games and us with the kind of outreach that was the very reason we met them in the first place years ago! Eventually, groups asked us if we could work
with them to take our outreach to classrooms across the US and Canada via Zoom. This included CILC (Center for Interactive
Learning and Collaboration) for US classrooms and ConnectedNorth for Canadian classrooms. In Native American Reservations across the country, bi-plane. As we expanded this outreach, we started having
and roller coasters (or sometimes wear shirts of my favorite rides during the talks). This evolved into teachers asking me if I could
use video games to bring the world of rides into their classrooms, and hopefully inspire their kids to pursue classes and careers in engineering and the ride industry. As an ACE member, I was already a nerd
for this. Every ACE event I go to, I sign up for the behind-the-scenes tours. I also binge watch YouTube channels like CoasterCollege, ElToroRyan and RyanTheRideMechanic so I can learn about how rides work. With all this knowledge, I knew the teachers
Kids Talking to NASA Engineer Michael Guzman
were on to something, and it was time for us as a team to officially branch out and include teaching kids about rides!
So, I put together a park in Planet Coaster
that covers ride engineering from the Russian coasters of today, showing kids step by step how humanity learned from the various problems and opportunities the ride industry has seen over the past 400 years.
now, but the reaction has already been great. to schools that include Hot Wheels track, cars, marbles and other implements so kids can test loops and more.
both attend IAAPA and get to meet/learn from people at Park World as well as the National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives was a real treat (I even got to be working on the NRCMA booth when a guy came up and donated old classic museum!) The information I learned will definitely help
make our presentations better, and if any readers want us to either give a talk, or if you want to team up with us on some kind of educational outreach, please let me know.
impact future generations and get them inspired know more about us, please feel free to email me
zookey@teamkaizengames.com or visit our site at
www.teamkaizengames.com
2025
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