Technology, Engineering and Design (TED)

The Technology, Engineering and Design (TED) program integrates technology, design thinking and creative problem solving into our classrooms as part of our project-based approach to learning. Students engage in hands-on projects that expand their skills, creativity and curiosity, while building tenacity to persevere through challenges.

This program is anchored in a belief that children should have access and understanding of the tools and resources they need to design interesting solutions. Whether using crayons and hammers to design and build the early childhood Trike Barn or using web-research and the laser printer to learn about Dungeons and Dragons and create their own playing pieces, students expand their repertoire of problem-solving tools and learn to design, test, seek feedback and iterate.

Listed below are examples of skills and concepts that TLS students have practiced and demonstrated during Technology, Engineering and Design classes. Along the way, students built garden benches, wired up circuits with solar panels, constructed scale models to accompany research projects, recorded a podcast, and assembled a playhouse from scratch.