2026 MDC Hamilton Winter Academy Template PBL JOURNEY by

Solution Description

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Please include a brief description and picture of each team's final idea.

REFLECTION

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Take time to reflect on what went well. What will you change for next year? What feedback did you get from students, the business partner, the authentic audience that can help make this project even better?

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Show through pictures, videos, examples of student work, to reflect on the authentic audience, the pitch, the final product. Include any information/pictures from your community partner.

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Show through pictures, videos, examples of student work to reflect how your students came up with multiple ideas.

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Show through pictures, videos, examples of works to reflect on how students narrowed their ideas, determined their best solution, and developed the solution.

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Show through pictures, videos, examples of student work to reflect on the check ins done throughout the project. How did students reflect throughout the process? How did student critique and revise?

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Show through pictures, videos, examples of student work, and written documentation to reflect how teams were built, how students uncovered and understood the driving question, the standards covered, and the launch into the project.

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Show through pictures, videos, examples of student work, links to reflect how your students built empathy, determined Need to Knows, and uncovered important information to solve their driving question.

QUOTES/CONTACTS

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Please add quotes from students, parents, authentic audience, and any business/community members you utilized. Please use first names only.

Business Connections

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Please list speakers and business partners you encountered throughout your journey.

Team Photo

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Day 1!

Our Driving Question

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Create a furniture concept that provides individuals with unique needs, or for use in various environments (public spaces, private spaces, natural environments, business spaces, industrial spaces).

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Prep'd and ready!

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Lockbox Kickoff Activity

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Cracking the code of the lockbox!

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Walk around our school to investigate flexible seating available to our students.

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Walk around our school to investigate flexible seating available to our students.

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Walk around our school to investigate flexible seating available to our students.

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Another walk around the school on the hunt for flexible furniture revealed this unique piece.

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While in the investigation stage, we completed the employee profile protocol to imagine what it is like to be employees of MDC.

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We start each meeting time with a team building game of some sort. This one is called "Five Second Rule."

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The team worked hard to put the lengthy driving question into student friendly language.

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During our virtual meeting (darn snow days!) we started our meeting with a scavenger hunt! Here were the results of the "something blue" round!

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During our virtual meeting (darn snow days!) we started our meeting with a scavenger hunt! Here were the results of the "something with wheels" round!

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During our virtual meeting (darn snow days!) we did the Ideas Protocol on a Padlet!

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During our virtual meeting (darn snow days!) we did the Ideas Protocol on a Padlet!

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Questions we refined to ask a design engineer at MillerKnoll (Herman Miller)

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During our virtual meeting (darn snow days!) we started our meeting with a scavenger hunt! Here were the results of the "something flexible" round!

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What we came up with as a rewritten "driving question".

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We interviewed Peter Locke from MillerKnoll. His position is a design engineer.

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The padlet was then split into project groups. Students had time to individually "vote" on three ideas.

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Video Interview w/ MillerKnoll (previously Herman Miller)

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Presenting at CTC, receiving feedback, and then adjusting idea

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Presenting at CTC, receiving feedback, and then adjusting idea

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Presenting at CTC, receiving feedback, and then adjusting idea

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Presenting at CTC, receiving feedback, and then adjusting idea

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CTC activity

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Poker chip activity- "Top Ten"

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Working on Scripts and Visuals for application turn in!

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6th grade's solution is called "The Chameleon". The Chameleon is a motorized and feasible chair that can be used anywhere. Everyone can use it, but our target audience is those who have disabilities and the elderly. You can go everywhere, from hiking trails, the beach, and sandy places, to even in the water! The Chameleon is the perfect all-terrain motorized chair.

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This is the 7th/8th grade project solution. The "All-Season Pack Chair." Meet your new favorite outdoor companion! Whether you’re soaking up the summer sun or staying warm during a late-season football game, this heated and cooled backpack chair has you covered. It’s ultra-comfortable, lightweight enough for anyone to carry, and features built-in warmth at the touch of a button. Outdoor relaxation just got a serious upgrade