Course Number: 7999 Meeting Times: 4 days/week, 2 semesters/full year
Credits: 1 Grades: 11-12 Prerequisite: 1 First Level AND 1 Second Level Elective/application
AT Entrepreneurship is the capstone experience for the STEAM sequence. By practicing human-centered design, participants in this project-based course develop the skills, creative confidence, and teamwork abilities necessary to successfully research, conceive, prototype, test, refine, and ultimately present in a public forum a product that appropriately meets the needs of those for whom it has been designed. Students will compose a design notebook (both physical and digital) of concept sketches, ideas pertaining to their project, and reflections on their readings about the human centered design theoretical framework.Â
Due: Feb. 1st 2024
Previous years' projects:
This team created a shirt for teens who cannot dress themselves that was easy to put on and cool looking. It also had a circuit that alerted the child's caretaker if they slipped out of position in their wheelchair. They won $5000 from No Barriers Global Design Challenge to actually produce a small batch of the shirts.
Here is a video about the prize winning project.
Here is the video of 2019 Final Pitch Night
Here is the video of 2021 Final Pitch Night.
Here is the video of 2022 Final Pitch Night.
Students consult with experts both in and outside of the classroom: