Enjoy listening to current 8th grade IDEA Academy students explain why they enjoy the IDEA Academy and learn about their 8th grade IDEA Projects:
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Students use Sketchbooks to design the IDEA acronym:
Students work in table teams to "Innovate It!" and improve an existing idea:
Studentteams present "Innovate It!" innovation ideas to their peers
& respond digitally with compliments, concerns, and questions on Padlet:
Student teams write business plans to prepare "Shark Tank" simulated
entrepreneurship presentations to present to student "sharks" who will choose whether or not to invest:
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Students use Sketchbooks to design logos of their initials in preparation for logos for their proposed companies:
Students use Sketchbooks to design collages and art pieces for the Elements of Art:
Students use Sketchbooks to illustrate the Principles of Design and create design pieces:
Students write formal proposals for their yearlong IDEA Project and begin initial brainstorming in sketchbooks:
Students create GANTT charts for their yearlong IDEA Project to help visualize and manage their projects by organizing tasks, tracking progress, and identifying dependencies:
Students begin IDEA Projects! Here is a student's start to a clothing brand, a student team's prototype of a prosthetic hand, electric guitar design, music making for a coded game, and designs for products to sell:
Students reflect on IDEA Project progress:
Students lead discussion in peer support groups to share progress, ideas, and tips for continuing yearlong projects:
Students play a project management game utilizing a GANTT chart with project tasks for which they decided as a team which workers to assign certain tasks to see if they could finish the project on time and make a profit!
Students continue IDEA Projects, master collaboration, and share milestones!
After updating and analyzing GANTT Charts, students write summaries on their progress in IDEA Projects to share, connect to, and be inspired by.
In a Project Management Show & Tell presentation, students share visuals demonstrating process and/or progress of their IDEA Projects. Classmates reflect on post-it notes in their Sketchbook.
Aeronautical engineers at work in Project Management elective class!
Students lead discussion in peer support groups to share progress, ideas, and tips for continuing yearlong projects!
Students map out components, progress, and success in their IDEA Projects through Sketchnotes-style poster reflections!
Student IDEA team plays their very own card game caalled "Magic & Machines" for which they designed tehir very own cards with some help from AI, lazer engraved medallions, 3D printed tokens, CNC carved/laser engraved box, and well crafted rules!