Design Challenge Students Work on Solutions to Traffic Woes

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If Leela, Mason, Jacob and Emily have their way, parents will have a much easier time one day when bringing students to and from school. Their original idea&mdash;a hover bus&mdash;took a significant upward turn as they brainstormed about transportation 100 years from now.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a flying car that takes you to a floating school,&rdquo; says Emily. Her team took their experience and what they learned in fourth grade about green transportation solutions and applied it to their futuristic idea: a self-flying, affordable (just $500), solar powered &ldquo;car&rdquo; that carries them to a school in the sky. Since the vehicle can collapse to the size of a Rubik's Cube, parking would not be a problem either.&nbsp;<img style="float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px;" class="" alt="student project and sketch of idea" src="https://www.campbellusd.org/images/Capri-design-challenge-Berliner_03082022%20-%201.jpg" width="443" height="288" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They are among hundreds of TK-8 students participating in Campbell Union School District&rsquo;s Centennial Celebration </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/campbellusd.org/campbellwonderwednesdays/happening-now"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Design Challenge</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, according to Julie Goo, the district&rsquo;s Coordinator of Innovation, Teaching, and Learning.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&ldquo;Students are using the engineering and design thinking process to create </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">real-world solutions and ideas for our community,&rdquo; she says. First they look at a problem someone is having, brainstorm ideas and possible solutions, then create prototypes to see how the idea might actually work.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Student teams with the best digital or physical prototypes will be selected as part of a special exhibit in the Campbell Historical Museum&rsquo;s Carriage House. The exhibit opening and <a href="https://www.campbellusd.org/centennial-present">Centennial Celebration</a> is scheduled for the afternoon of April 30th. Details online at <a href="https://www.campbellusd.org/centennial">www.campbellusd.org/centennial</a>.</span></p>

Projects focus on past, present and future of school in Campbell Union School District

<p><span>If Leela, Mason, Jacob and Emily have their way, parents will have a much easier time one day when bringing students to and from school. Their original idea—a hover bus—took a significant upward turn as they brainstormed about transportation 100 years from now.</span></p> <p><span>“It’s a flying car that takes you to a floating school,” says Emily. Her team took their experience and what they learned in fourth grade about green transportation solutions and applied it to their futuristic idea: a self-flying, affordable (just $500), solar powered “car” that carries them to a school in the sky. Since the vehicle can collapse to the size of a Rubik's Cube, parking would not be a problem either. <img style="float:left" alt="student project and sketch of idea" src="https://www.campbellusd.org/images/Capri-design-challenge-Berliner_03082022%20-%201.jpg" width="443" height="288"></span></p> <p><span>They are among hundreds of TK-8 students participating in Campbell Union School District’s Centennial Celebration </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/campbellusd.org/campbellwonderwednesdays/happening-now"><span>Design Challenge</span></a><span>, according to Julie Goo, the district’s Coordinator of Innovation, Teaching, and Learning.</span><span>  </span></p> <p><span>“Students are using the engineering and design thinking process to create </span><span>real-world solutions and ideas for our community,” she says. First they look at a problem someone is having, brainstorm ideas and possible solutions, then create prototypes to see how the idea might actually work. </span></p> <p><span>Student teams with the best digital or physical prototypes will be selected as part of a special exhibit in the Campbell Historical Museum’s Carriage House. The exhibit opening and <a href="https://www.campbellusd.org/centennial-present">Centennial Celebration</a> is scheduled for the afternoon of April 30th. Details online at <a href="https://www.campbellusd.org/centennial">www.campbellusd.org/centennial</a>.</span></p>

<p>Projects focus on past, present and future of school in Campbell Union School District</p>