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This course was like no other course I have taken before. I enjoyed all of the projects including: book club, ideal bee, interview with an innovator, and our final project. With these projects I was able to make connections to the research we conducted in the beginning of the semester and it strengthened my skills in using the design process.
Through this class, I built upon my abilities in working in a group with different backgrounds, how to use design thinking and tools, and the health of honeybees in the United States. I really enjoyed the interactivity of this course. We went on field trips that were all unique but tied into our course work and we spent most of the semester building and working on designing artifacts. I prefer this format of a course since it is hands-on and I absorb more information and life skills in this type of learning environment. Through this hands-on experience, I was able to use tools in the Makerspace. This was completely new for me and it was exciting to learn how to use a laser cutting machine, a 3-D printer, and a large printer. I didn’t know about this space before this course, but now I want to take the welding classes which will be useful in my future life.
I liked how this course tied in engineering with environmental problems. As an Environmental Studies major, in the courses I have taken about solving environmental problems we focus on changing our way of living back to older practices. With this course, we took a futuristic and design approach to solving environmental problems. This was really interesting to me because it encouraged my outlook on the future of the world. If we can incorporate designing new products while changing our practices we can help solve issues within the natural world.
Overall, I really enjoyed this course because it was an interactive learning format where I could express my creativity and build relationships with my peers. I would recommend this class to all students because I learned many life-skills about how to use empathy mapping, conduct a design process, and create a prototype that could solve issues within the world. I express my gratitude to the professors who were helpful and inspiring throughout the semester, thank you for a memorable course!
On our Civic Garden field trip, we learned about the cycle of the bee life, shown above, and how the beehive works.
In the Makerspace we learned how to use the laser cutting machine which was very helpful in our other projects. This is an artifact I created in our training.
This is the book that I read for book club. I learned about native bees and how their health is connected to human health.
Our final prototype for the ideal bee. In this project we used design thinking and tools to create a bee that would survive the issues bees are facing today.
The innovator I interviewed, Katelyn. She used the design thinking process we learned about in this course in her professional career.
Our artifact in the final project. This is a snapchat code that you can scan to see spaces with clover instead of grass.
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