Middle School Innovation and Design | Chadwick School

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Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship

Every Middle School student has an option to explore and deepen their interests in different co-curricular opportunities and emerging technologies. This exploration takes place in our dedicated Innovation & Design Building, which houses a makerspace, woodshop, computer-science lab and robotics lab stocked with 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC machines and more. 

Animation and Rigging

Stop-motion animation, animatronics, puppetry, sculpting — this artistic and technical course dives into all of them, giving students a chance to study human movement, creation and design. 
Coding with Game Development

Students love to play video games, but what goes into actually creating one? This course explores that very question in all sorts of detail.
Culinary Chemistry

Science and food are a lot more related than we sometimes realize. Here students apply science concepts to cooking and experimenting in the kitchen.
Digital Fabrication

Creators have more tools than ever before. Students in this course use everything from 3D printers and laser cutters to build prototypes and projects. 
Exploring Electronics and Circuits

Technology is everywhere and in (almost) everything. Through this course, students develop valuable skills like designing custom circuits, coding in “C” and working with microcontrollers. 
“Middle Making” — Design and Engineering

Kids learn by doing — a truth that’s at the heart of this course. Students get hands-on as they work on projects exploring the relationship between science, art, technology, music and engineering through the makerspace. 
Robotics

Robots aren’t just in science fiction. In small, collaborative groups, students learn about levers, drive trains, sensors, motors and more. They even build and program their own robot!
Woodshop

It’s a timeless skill for a reason! This course uses our dedicated woodshop to explore the art and science of woodworking. It touches on all aspects — project planning, building and even the wood itself. 
Students measured how much water it would take to cause three different soils to slide down a slope.

Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship

Every Middle School student has an option to explore and deepen their interests in different co-curricular opportunities and emerging technologies. This exploration takes place in our dedicated Innovation & Design Building, which houses a makerspace, woodshop, computer-science lab and robotics lab stocked with 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC machines and more.

Animation and Rigging
Stop-motion animation, animatronics, puppetry, sculpting — this artistic and technical course dives into all of them, giving students a chance to study human movement, creation and design.
Coding with Game Development
We all play games, but what goes into actually creating one? This course explores that very question in all sorts of detail.
Culinary Chemistry
Science and food are a lot more related than we sometimes realize. Here students review and then practice the concepts and techniques involved in cooking and experimenting in the kitchen.
Digital Fabrication
Creators have more tools than ever before. Students in this course use everything from 3D printers and laser cutters to digital cutters/plotters and CNC mills to build prototypes and projects.
Exploring Electronics and Circuits
Technology is everywhere and in (almost) everything. Through this course, students develop valuable skills like designing custom circuits, coding in “C” and even working with microcontrollers.
“Middle Making” — Design and Engineering
Kids learn by doing — a truth that’s at the heart of this course. Students get hands-on as they work on projects exploring the relationship between science, art, technology, music and engineering.
Robotics
Robots aren’t just in science fiction. In small, collaborative groups, students learn about levers, drive trains, sensors, motors and more. They even build and program their own robot!
Woodshop
It’s a timeless skill for a reason! This course introduces Middle Schoolers to the art and science of woodworking. It touches on all aspects — project planning, building and even the wood itself.