Second Graders Are Health Gurus

Second graders have been taking their health into their own hands! After learning about various ways people can improve their physical and mental health, students worked through a design thinking cycle in order to come up with a solution to improve their own health. They reflected on their habits and defined areas they would like to improve on such as drinking more water, getting more sleep, or improving their hygiene. They then generated ideas for new products that could help with their areas of improvement, sketched plans, and then prototyped designs. Students came up with items like robots to encourage them to go to checkups, headphones attached to fidgets to help manage their stress levels, and beds with motorized springs to help them get more sleep.