simulators to train potential operators to adjust andoptimize operations using their sophisticated onboard electronic systems. Anecdotally, PurdueAgricultural Systems Management (ASM) undergraduate students, who complete the lessons forextra credit in the current sophomore-level crop production equipment course, report committingbetween 20 to 40 hours to the full sequence of training modules. Faculty in Agricultural & Biological Engineering at Purdue are keenly aware of this trendas they have watched agricultural demographics change and the level of incoming practicalagricultural experience in their students decline. They are motivated to address the problem. AUSDA-NIFA-sponsored program to introduce high school students to some of the