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Welcome to the Zipline Race!!  In this activity, kids were asked to create a device capable of carrying an object(for example a lego figure) over a zipline. The winner is the team or individual who moved their object over the zipline three times the fastest.  For a demonstration, click here. When I was first presented … Continue reading Zipline Race – Yash Gupta

Welcome to the Marble Run Challenge!!  In this activity, kids will compete to see who can create the best ramp from which they launch a marble. The winner is the group or individual who builds a ramp that makes a marble cover a distance of 5 meters in the shortest amount of time.  This activity … Continue reading Marble Run Challenge – Yash Gupta

Hi everyone! Welcome back for the 2019-20 school year! This year, we are emphasizing the connection between learning at the Cafe and reinforcing at home. Every activity in class is supplemented with videos to explain those techniques and/or skills, so students can try these activities at home. Starting off with block programming, we dove into … Continue reading innoMicrobit

Welcome to the Chocolate Challenge!!  This challenge is simple to create and something that kids of all ages would enjoy. Place a piece of chocolate at the bottom of a cardboard tube and ask kids to take it out using only paperclips and tape.  Materials:  1 Cardboard Tube  Lindor Chocolate (It can by any type … Continue reading Chocolate Run – Yash Gupta

Hi everyone! It is that time of year: Thanksgiving. A time filled with family and friends, where we all give back to those we are grateful for. Groups 1, 2 and 3 all engaged in the innoShopping Experience where they learned about the value of money and made a meal for their families. Put on … Continue reading innoShopping Experience

Hi everyone! Groups 2 and 3 have been busy learning about startups and the culture that surrounds them. This three session activity dives into the basics of creating a startup and the factors that come into play. Each little entrepreneur had a partner with whom a startup was created. They looked for a problem in … Continue reading innoStartup Experience

Hey everyone! Group 1, 2 and 3 students participated in the innoBackpack Design Thinking Challenge, inspired by the activity by Stanford's Design Thinking Course. Design Thinking is a 5 step process to formulate, create and validate an idea to solve a problem. As entrepreneurs try to solve the issues of today and create the solutions … Continue reading innoBackpack

  Hey everyone! We are back with the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Club! With many new students with lots of returning, the projects this year are going to be really fun and cool. Our first class, we shot off the year with innoCatapults! Follow the instructions to build your own innoCatapult at home! Materials Large Popsicle … Continue reading innoCatapults

Hey guys!!! The new year of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Club has just begun and I am so excited for all the activities planned! It was so nice to see so many familiar faces, as this is our fourth year. However, we have many new students that are part of our family now. I’ve noticed so … Continue reading What’s New for 2018-19