First Design Expo of the 9th grade of 2024!

For 3 months, our 9th grade students worked on the "The Storage Project". This project tackled a real issue: the lack of space to store materials. They started by researching, developing ideas, and finally building full-scale cardboard prototypes.

The students faced the challenge of turning ideas into drawings and then into constructions. To achieve this, they had to learn basic geometry concepts and develop three-dimensional products. Building their prototypes required a strategic approach, involving measuring and combining the front and side views of their designs to create functional products.

But, what is a prototype? In product design, it's an initial version of the product used to test ideas and see how they work in real life. Our students made cardboard prototypes to assess the feasibility of their ideas and make changes if necessary.

Prototypes don't need to be perfect, but they are a valuable visual tool to identify what works and what doesn't.

Fátima Orendain Almada, HS Design Teacher

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Durante 3 meses, nuestros alumnos de noveno trabajaron en el proyecto "The Storage Project". Este proyecto abordó un problema real: la falta de espacio para guardar materiales. Comenzaron investigando, desarrollando ideas y finalmente construyendo prototipos de cartón a escala real.

Los alumnos se enfrentaron al desafío de convertir ideas en dibujos y luego en construcciones. Para lograrlo, tuvieron que aprender conceptos básicos de geometría y desarrollar productos tridimensionales. Construir sus prototipos requería un enfoque estratégico, que implicaba medir y sumar las vistas frontales y laterales de sus diseños para obtener productos funcionales.

Pero, ¿qué es un prototipo? En diseño de producto, es una versión preliminar del producto que se utiliza para probar ideas y ver cómo funcionan en la vida real. Nuestros alumnos hicieron prototipos de cartón para evaluar la viabilidad de sus ideas y realizar cambios si era necesario.

Los prototipos no necesitan ser perfectos, pero son una valiosa herramienta visual para identificar lo que funciona y lo que no.

Fátima Orendain Almada, HS Design Teacher














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