CREATE Studio

Congrats to our CREATE Showcase winners!

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Welcome to the 2nd Annual CREATE Showcase!!

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Guess what we’re makin’

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- Class Project Collaborations -

Electric City Project

Ninth Grade physics students worked as architects, designers, and engineers to create a 6' x 6' city. Some groups developed residential or commercial properties, while others served as city planners. All groups demonstrated their knowledge of circuits to design and solder electrical circuits.

Proyecto de Utopia y Dystopia

Students worked together, speaking in Spanish only, to design images of utopian and dystopian worlds using Photoshop. To help them learn the software and communicate with relevant vocabulary, students were given Photoshop Cheat Sheets with instructions in Spanish.

World History Monuments

Students were tasked with designing a monument for the Spartacus revolt in Ancient Rome, but from various perspectives - that of the slaves, the Romans, or modern day historians.

World History Artifacts

As part of their study of the Gupta Empire of Ancient India, students chose an artifact from that civilization to research (original methods, materials, and significance). They then needed to recreate the artifact as authentically as possible - using similar methods and/or materials.

Pre-Algebra Proportions

As part of their study of Proportions, students brought in a small everyday object such as a box of gum, a candy container, a pencil sharpener, etc. and learned how to measure the dimensions more precisely using calipers. They then sketched the object from various views, labelled the dimensions, and used proportions to scale the object up.

Physics Electric House

In the culminating project for a unit on electrical circuits, students designed a small-scale house complete with LED lights, resistors, and batteries (soldered in parallel and series).

Physics Marble Run

For this project, students demonstrated their understanding of kinematics, forces, energy, and momentum by creating a marble run. They used photogates to take measurements of the marble’s speed at various places on the run and performed related calculations.

Chemistry Calorimetry

Students were challenged to design an insulating container for 100 mL of ice water using a variety of materials. Some chose to create their containers from scratch with cardboard, and some 3D printed custom containers. Afterwards, a temperature probe was inserted to monitor the temperature over time.

English To Kill a Mockingbird

While reading To Kill a Mockingbird, students were each assigned a specific character and/or significant building from the town of Maycomb. They had to perform close reading in order to design a house or building that accurately represented each character/building.

AP Physics Projectile Launchers

After studying 2D kinematics for projectile motion and drag forces, students were charged with designing a waterballoon launcher. They they needed to experimentally determine its launch speed and use that information to determine the proper launch angle to strike a target (the teacher) a certain distance away.

Chinese New Year Couplets

The Mandarin Chinese teachers wanted students to experience a piece of Chinese New Year culture by making their own couplets (with a modern twist). Each student hand wrote chinese characters on their iPads and then laser cut them.

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Meet the Team

List of 2 members.

Dr. Simon Huss

Director of STEAM Program

(424) 289-1075

shuss@windwardschool.org
Max Nishimura

Resident Tinkerer

(424) 289-1046

mnishimura@windwardschool.org

“The Altman Family CREATE Studio helps students pursue more hands-on activities, which will not only improve their spatial reasoning skills, but also help improve their understanding of the world around them.”

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Windward School is a 7-12, co-educational, independent day school in Los Angeles, California.