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By rdnewsNOW staff

DESIGN THINKING

St. Francis of Assisi students create more than just a gingerbread house

Nov 28, 2019 | 6:10 AM

RED DEER- In the spirit of the Christmas season, Grade 9 Design Thinking students at St. Francis of Assisi Middle School have for the past few weeks been working on creating unconventional gingerbread houses that are not only unique but use basic electricity concepts and coding technology for sound.

“Design thinking allows me to express my creativity and it also allowed me to work with other people to put our creativity together and make something innovative and new. Creating a prototype and gathering feedback allowed us to broaden our knowledge and showcase the best possible design,” says student Victoria Fleming.

Students started the project by constructing what they had envisioned using cardboard. After their ideas were solidified, students made gingerbread and used it to create their houses.

Using Chromebooks, students coded sounds to play that correspond to the theme of their house.

Then students integrated electrical conductors in their houses so that when someone touches the tinfoil squares, the sounds will play.

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“This has been a wonderful project. It’s great to see how students’ ideas can flourish. Design Studies is a middle school option class that focuses on inspiring student creativity through composition and technology,” said Amber Lansing, teacher at St. Francis of Assisi Middle School.

(Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools)