Innovation & Design
(InDe LAB - 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Grades)
PVC Middle School
Dear Students,
Please check your student email for an invitation from me to join our google classroom
This is going to be a school year like none any of us, including me, has ever experienced before. Because of Social Distancing, we will be unable to do the collaborative projects we have done in the past. Everything we learn is designed to help you be a better student at PVC and beyond.
Please check your student email for an invitation from me to join our google classroom. I will be helping you out in your classes and we will meet as a special class 1 time each cycle.
Student Options for extra credit
To get credit you must share your work to your google classrom:
scratch tutorials: watch, make, & share
27 Art Activities and Lessons to Try at Home
Design Squad Global
Global Day of Design
Organizing Simple Kitchen Tools (using knowldege from grade 4)
Rubber Band Racers
Crafty Ideas that can be done at home
Many simple engineering projects that can be done at home
Anything else you make that has been pre-approved (See below for ideas!)
Project of the Week
May 26, 2020
Beatrix's out of the box thinking makes her tin foil tower 550 feet tall. Watch the video
Beatrix_Mackil_Tin_Foil_Tower (1).mp4Project of the Week
May 18, 2020 Erin Fixes her clock (look at all the tools she used)
Project of the Week
Project of the Week
May 4, 2020 Jaylee's Unicorn Birthday CakeInnovation comes in all areas of our lives
Project of the Week
May 4, 2020 Cameron's Rube Goldberg Track20200413_212213.mp4
Project of the Week
April 20, 2020 Elle's Terrarium
Project of the Week
April 13, 2020 Meena's Cheer
Project of the Week
April 6, 2020 Eleanor's ANIMATIONThe_prey_outsmarts_the_predator.webmProject of the Week
April 6, 2020 ew Compost Bin
Project of the Week 3/23/20
Ethan's wood pallet chair
What actually happens in the Innovation and Design Lab?
Open to all students at PVC Middle School in the following ways:
CLASS PROJECTS: challenges designed, with classroom teachers, to help students better understand abstract concepts and content from core content
OPEN LAB DURING RECESS: allows students to think, create, respect and reflect on projects of their choice.
PROFILE OF A GRADUATE: be prepared to solve problems as the arise in their school and personal life
SPECIAL AREA CLASSES: 5th grade introduction to the lab expectations and possibilities
8th grade examine the importance of design when innovating new solutions to problems
ADVISORY to use problem solving to be better prepared to solve technological problems as the arise in their school and personal life
InDe Club - Tuesdays 2:50 - 3:45 Coding Club - Monday 2:50 - 3:45
Design Process (based on the Stanford Design School Model)
Please help by donating
Recyclable Materials - electronics, tubes, wood, crafts, tools.
We can use EVERYTHING
RULES FOR THE INDE LAB
BE PREPARED -
NO FOOD, GUM OR DRINK
KNOW HOW TO AND USE SAFETY EQUIPMENT
TIE BACK LONG HAIR
USE TOOLS AS INTENDED
REPORT ACCIDENTS IMMEDIATELY
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS
USE TOOLS AS INTENDED
ALLOW ITEMS TO COOL BEFORE PUTTING THEM AWAY
CLEAN UP YOUR MESS - USE BROOM
InDe tri fold OH 2019 Final.pdf