Explore Concepts

Build upon students’ foundation of Science with problem-based projects. Following The Framework (Robert H. Tai, Associate Professor of Education, UVA’s School of Education and Human Development), from identifying problems to designing solutions, we motivate students to practice ownership and stewardship while applying their Science and Engineering knowledge to bring their projects to fruition.

These projects are designed alongside the teaching team and aligned to curriculum, where opportunities are made to allow hands-on tinkering, independent research work, tagged with guidance from teachers to reinforce Science concepts where necessary. 

The structure of the Explore Concepts project leverages on the Engineering Design Process, which enables students to formulate different approaches to everyday dilemmas. This process is provides support in creative problem solving and decision making, encouraging students to continuously evaluate which approach is likely to bring the greatest success.