After students completed their final “explore” session, they used sticky notes and mind maps as a group to capture their interests.
From there, students spoke with different OSU mentors about their ideas. They chose a mentor to work with and started discussing their ideas in order to design a unique project together.
Once students had an idea for a project, it was time to make a plan and get to work! Check out moments from our adventures below.
Big whiteboard brainstorm!
Mini whiteboard brainstorm
Visiting the iLab for engineering ideas
Mentor x teacher x student discussion
Open studio with Hatfield's Artist in Residence
Can art be used to solve community problems?
Searching for inspiration in the Visitor's Center
Lunch break (critical part of process)
Kale on a field trip
Setting up test conditions for kale plants
Finding a place to fly a drone
3D printed sea lion skull
About to start wave trials
Vea and Lara engineered the whole contraption
Will the seeds make it?
All smiles as trials are underway
Shoe dissection
Modifying shoes to generate electricity
It lights up!
Building a 3D model of dentalia from scratch
Media students at work
Smoking moss to simulate effects of wildfires
How will this axolotl like her new enrichment maze?
Heading home after fishing