Innovation and Design projects inspire digital creativity and engineering mindset

Edwina Lam, Jean-Patric April

Innovation and Design projects inspire digital creativity and engineering mindset

In today’s highly dynamic digital world, new technology will emerge suddenly and turn novel ideas into new products and customer experience. We are preparing students to be creative problem solvers by teaching them computational thinking and design thinking using digital technology as the medium.

Gizmo Box

The Gizmo Box project promotes the joy of learning by enabling students to consolidate their coding skills and apply them in a fun and creative way. Students used block-based programming to code and add blocks using different input sensors, and then download it to their Micro:bit. Together with the use of foil, alligator clips, cardboard and additional materials of their choice, the Gizmo Box is able to carry out specific functions such as playing music, detecting temperature and more.

Students’ presentations of their projects:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2TuIi2Wd24&feature=youtu.be
Lincheng Cai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjgUG88XV7w&feature=youtu.be
Jingxin Su

https://www.wevideo.com/view/2010391122
Ngai Wai Vivian Tam

https://www.wevideo.com/view/1989307106
Pin Hong Yee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc2KzWTghX0&feature=youtu.be
Danielle Chan

https://www.wevideo.com/view/1979305531
Chen Yimeng

https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.81fbe454-8e46-4fbc-8f98-2c57d051f138&share_token=aKkMuoICSL-kjlQ3vUPuVg&mode=share
Lui Cheuk Him Marcus

https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.caa7745b-74c9-48ab-9c05-50dbc0a0c230&share_token=M7OSfvcWTXisIzXvxO4-9w&mode=share
James Yu

https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.79899ddf-e1f5-4a8b-9bfb-0ecd7e68a029&share_token=Dnakwe7FRuSv8cjzbaIW3Q&mode=share
Kwok Yingxi Venus

Isabella Cheung

Newspaper tower

Our P5 students are challenged to design and construct the tallest freestanding structure with limited supplies, including recycled newspapers, magazines, worksheets, tape, pencils, notebooks and scissors. Students competed with their teachers to build their own paper towers in less than 30 minutes which had to be freestanding for at least 20 seconds. Afterwards they had to reflect on their own design and seek improvements. This exercise parallels real-world limitations such as time and economic restrictions that engineers have to face, and provides students with inspiration and enthusiasm for STEM subjects.