Tag: design

October 28, 2025
2nd Graders Create Rockets that Take Flight
Blast off! S2nd graders have been building and launching their own straw rockets the past couple weeks. They learned about the different variables that go into the design and construction of their rockets and then got to test them outside…
January 15, 2025
8th Graders Create Floating Tables
Take a look at these incredible "floating tables" crafted by 8th grade students in our colab! These tables are built using the concept of tensegrity (a term coined by Buckminster Fuller), which allows structures to stay stable without rigid supports.…
October 3, 2024
2nd Grade Lego Design Challenge
Move over, Pinewood Derby; 2nd graders are in the midst of a Lego car design challenge! Colab teacher Gil has pushed his students to design the fastest, farthest rolling iteration of a Lego car possible. With each gravity-driven test run…
February 9, 2024
PS Students Take On the KidWind Challenge
Prospect Sierra 7th and 8th grade engineers blew us away at this year’s @KidWind_Project NorCal Challenge at @calmaritime! They won 1st place gold, placing at the top of the middle school teams and outscoring all but one high school team! 🥇 The students'…
January 6, 2024
Making Music Boxes in colab
8th grade colab students recently undertook an ambitious challenge: to build a wooden music box! This project entailed conceiving of and executing several components: an instrument with multiple playable keys, a revolving crank mechanism to automate a melody of the…
February 9, 2023
PS Students Create Wind Turbines for Local Design Challenge
Congrats to nine of our students who attended and placed at this weekend's KidWind turbine-design challenge held at Cal Maritime! 8th graders scored 3rd and 6th graders scored 2nd overall among middle schools, and now qualify for the national event in Boulder,…