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Jack Hale ’28, Jordan Mercuri ’28
THE CARDBOARD CHALLENGE– FOCUS ON THE RAINFOREST By Lisa Kessler, Innovation Space Teacher
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f you walk into the Innovation Space during the fall, you will enter a room bustling with young makers creating pieces for the yearly Cardboard Challenge. Each year there is a new theme, and this past fall, there were trees, animals, jeeps, and waterfalls constructed by individuals and different groups of people to make the Enchanted Rainforest. Kindergarteners designed their projects to be 3D-printed and Lara Didden’s Middle School design students helped to make their animals move like they were alive.
The First Graders designed their pieces digitally and their animals and plants were laser cut. With greater hand strength and a wider variety of tools, the Second through Fifth Grade makers created their projects entirely by hand. Students proposed names for the project, and over 400 members from various departments and divisions of the Viewpoint community came out to vote for the final name, Enchanted Rainforest. When the project was all assembled, all of the students and faculty had an opportunity to walk through and observe the inspiring hard work of our young makers. The cardboard challenge brings our Viewpoint community together through the power of collaboration, creativity, imagination, and making. ■ Top left: Dio Sweney ’28, Grace Henning ’28 Center photo: Lisa Kessler
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Rosy Rogan ’28, Grace Henning ’28 WI NTER /S P R I N G
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