Overview

In Pathways 1, students are introduced to the exciting world of innovative product design. Through hands-on experiences, they explore the use of computers and various tools as mediums for designing project components.

  • Hands-on Design: Engage in practical design activities, from sketching to 3D modeling.

  • Inventive Thinking: Cultivate innovative approaches to problem-solving and idea generation.

  • Industry Insights: Explore the design and tech industry's real-world applications.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome!

    2. Gather your materials

    1. Brainstorming Zoo

    2. Design Challenge: Make a Chair

    3. Prototyping

    4. Design Challenge: Gift Giving

    5. Design Challenge: App Design - Paper or Figma

    6. Innovations that Shape Our World

    7. Hands-On Design Experience at a Museum or Makerspace

    1. Exploring Design Thinking - An Introduction

    2. Exploring Desing Thinking - Quiz

    3. Using Design Thinking

    4. Using Design Thinking - Quiz

    5. Informational Interview - Creative Problem Solving at Work

    1. Make:able Challenge | Introduction

    2. Make:able Challenge - Survey

    3. Tour a Tech or Design Company

    1. The Make:able Challenge | Get Inspired

    2. The Make:able Challenge | Empathy - Design - Ideate - Assignment

    3. University Design or Engineering Program Visit

    1. The Make:able Challenge | Skill Building - Part 1

    2. Intro to Tinkercad

About this course

  • Free
  • 36 lessons
  • High School
  • 1.0 Elective credit

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