Dolores Metzner

* Team-based and individual hands-on activities * Inquiry-based to allow for self-exploration of problems and solutions * Both self-paced work and group collaboration

* Students are encouraged to find multiple, imaginative, intuitive and common sense solutions rather than “one right answer.

* Provide opportunities for visual and spatial reasoning * Develop ways to present information employing the effective use of technology in presentations * Provide opportunities for visual and spatial reasoning * Engage students in a hands- on exploration of paper engineering

* Provide opportunities for understanding the strengths and weaknesses of different structural forms and shapes * Engage students to think three dimensionally through hands-on exploration of building structures * Provide opportunities for understanding of design principles and consumer appeal as it relates to package design. * Engage students in a hands- on exploration in order to design a package to appeal to a target audience.

* Provide opportunities for understanding how and why new inventions are developed * Engage students in a hands on exploration of designing an invention to meet a specific need * Provide opportunities for visual and spatial reasoning * Engage students in a hands- on exploration of different cultures from around the world and how different factors can influence their development