Design +
Innovation

It’s not facts and figures that drives innovation and success, it’s the ability of individuals to put that knowledge to use solving problems creatively within the framework of a team that can communicate, collaborate and confidently risk failure.

Magellan has integrated Design Thinking into our curriculum and offers continuous student opportunities to “make” through practical, curricular aligned experience in our i.lab for design + making. Students build a strong, deep foundation across the STEM disciplines with practical, problem solving skills.

Design + INNOVATION Facts

Integrated into the IB curriculum so students use problem solving approaches in the classroom
Enhanced by hands-on learning in the i.lab for design + making
Supported by dedicated Innovation & Design staff across the grades

Learning & Applying Agile/Scrum

3rd graders incorporated elements of scrum methodology to manage a complex project where teams used design thinking to promote healthy lifestyles.

Coding with Science

In this physical computing project, 3rd grade students combined coding and electronics with physical objects to create interactive, touch responsive posters.

Hi-Tech Making

PYP students worked with computational tinkering as they playfully experimented with computer science, electronics, and engineering with micro:bits. This activity was featured in micro:mag Issue seven in an article by Patrick Benfield. 

Simple Machines

PYP students learn about engineering through the study and creation of simple machines, including features such as wheels, pulleys, lever and incline.

Math + Design

MYP students applied their design thinking skills in math class to design, prototype, and fabricate working storage solutions for staff.

Angles & Elevation

MYP students made their own math tools by laser cutting their own clinometers which helped them measure angles of elevation.

Mythology & Lasers

PYP students created original works of art with the Glowforge laser cutter for a mythology project in English class.

Digital Fabrication for Model UN

As part of the Model UN club, students created multicultural works of art with a variety of digital fabrication technologies, including this computer automated, numerically controlled (CNC) machine.

Learning & Applying Agile/Scrum

3rd graders incorporated elements of scrum methodology to manage a complex project where teams used design thinking to promote healthy lifestyles.

Coding with Science

In this physical computing project, 3rd grade students combined coding and electronics with physical objects to create interactive, touch responsive posters.

Hi-Tech Making

PYP students worked with computational tinkering as they playfully experimented with computer science, electronics, and engineering with micro:bits. This activity was featured in micro:mag Issue seven in an article by Patrick Benfield.

Simple Machines
PYP students learn about engineering through the study and creation of simple machines, including features such as wheels, pulleys, lever and incline.
Math + Design
MYP students applied their design thinking skills in math class to design, prototype, and fabricate working storage solutions for staff.
Angles & Elevation
MYP students made their own math tools by laser cutting their own clinometers which helped them measure angles of elevation.
Mythology & Lasers
PYP students created original works of art with the Glowforge laser cutter for a mythology project in English class.
Digital Fabrication for Model UN
As part of the Model UN club, students created multicultural works of art with a variety of digital fabrication technologies, including this computer automated, numerically controlled (CNC) machine.
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