WHAT IS IDEA?IDEA stands for innovation, design, engineering, and art, the four main pillars that the class is built upon. In IDEA, computer-controlled fabrication technologies such as 3D printers, CNC routers, vinyl cutters, and milling machines are used to transform product ideas into tangible forms. Students explore many interrelated career fields, including engineering, science, math, art, graphic design, computer aided design, electronics, and entrepreneurship.
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INNOVATION CENTERIDEA classes take place in the Innovation Center, a partnership between the Waunakee Community School District and the Waunakee Area Education Foundation. The Innovation Center is a resource space that the school and community use to promote the education of innovation, ingenuity, and creativity. The center also promotes the integration of curricular areas through collaborative projects and teamwork. The Innovation Center hopes to partner with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to become a certified Fab Lab. This partnership will allow the students of the Waunakee Community School District to become part of the global creative network by sharing their designs and knowledge with other Fab Labs across the world.
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