NORTHWOOD SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE

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1 NORTHWOOD SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE By The Northwood STEM Club How are you supposed to think outside the box when you re stuck in the box?

2 History and Design Thinking

3 HISTORY 2011 ~ STEM Lighthouse District Grant from the State of Washington Context vs. Content ~ STEM-Based 7 th curriculum - Global Science: Problems in the Village (Hunger, Cancer, Genetics, Disease, and the Environment) ~ STEM-Based 8 th curriculum - The Island: Energy

4 INSPIRATION IDEO -shopping cart

5 EMPATHIZE interviews and fieldtrips

6 DEFINE Who Needs What?

7 IDEATE Brainstorm and Refine

8 PROTOTYPE Model, Floor Plan, Poster Greg McCracken BLRB Architects

9 TEST TEST Our Presentation Today

10 The New Northwood is our Shopping Cart

11 INSPIRATION FOR OUR SCHOOL DESIGN Circle Mountainside Middle Sister School Group Health Apple Store Whitworth Green Science Building EWU Apple Campus #2

12 CORE VALUES These are what we were trying to accomplish when we started our school Safety Community STEM-Based Education Team Based Problem Solving High Tech Teaching Tools Sustainability

13 SAFETY Glass Doors Fire Safety

14 Building the New Northwood Community Teaming (7 th /8 th ) English, Math, Social Studies, and Science 7 th -Explorers, Watershed, Community 8 th -A-Team, Challenger, Endeavor Cross Teaming (How they work together) Gardens, Leadership, FOR club, and after school clubs Northwood Huskies

15 Partnering with the community Gardens-Food Recycling Guest Speakers

16 COMMUNITY TRUCK Used to: Give back to the community by giving some of the fresh produce we grow on our rooftop garden to those who need it It is an electric truck that we use to distribute the food we grow to the homeless. Going out into the community on service projects

17 Community Classroom Classes will be held after school for people who can come ELL (English Language Learner) Computer Skills Cooking Classes

18 Energy In Northwood

19 Solar Blinds installed in all classroom windows Rooftop solar arrays Maximize Capture of Sunlight Energy Savings Energy Production and overflow sold to Avista

20 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY Geologically, there is a great deal of pressure and energy below us and we want to capture that energy. The diagram at the left is a great example of how this energy works.

21 BIG BLUE This recycling bin allows us to recycle more materials such as glass, metal, plastic, and paper. These cans will be placed throughout the school so that the people in the school can reuse, then recycle. Coordinated with Spokane s Waste Management and Recycling Program

22 TRANSPORTATION Public transportation is a good way to help the environment We save money by only having to fill up gas in one bus about 1 time every 2 weeks At the left is an example of an electric bus that is an option

23 Advantages of an Electric bus *The electric engine causes far less vibration throughout the vehicle. Why care? It s a more comfortable ride to school. *A reduction in vibration also increases the life and reduces maintenance requirements of the bus, making it a more cost-effective option *Electric buses are 100% non-polluting

24 My Experience

25 7th Grade STEM Curriculum *Watershed team *Sustainability project *We found a way to sustain food for the hungry. *Irrigation box that takes water in and distributes it to different gardens.

26 GENERATION ALIVE 350 7th Graders $1500 raised and matched: $3000 total *12,000 Meals for 2nd Harvest to distribute to local families in need

27 Community: Site Reclamation

28 Kaiser Aluminum (Future School Site) Our school will be placed at a former aluminum plant 240-acres Kaiser Aluminum Mead Works site is an abandoned aluminum reduction facility located near Mead, Washington.

29 Kaiser Continued Currently a Superfund site An eye sore to the Mead community! Cleanup will work in conjunction to the EPA to make sure the site is safe to use Cleaning includes pumping and cleaning of ground water Replacement of top soil

30 Old and ugly to new and beautiful Cleanup will work in conjunction to the EPA to make sure the site is safe to use Cleaning includes pumping and cleaning of ground water Replacement of top soil

31 Genetically Modified Plants Because the area that we are building on has aluminum in the soil we cannot plant regular plants. But with genetically modified plants that grow well in aluminum rich, nutrient poor soil we can use this land to grow trees and shrubs. Alpine pennycress The plants are high metal resistant and can grow in the soil around the school. Some plants that will be planted around the school will pick up the heavy metals and clean the soil