One of the first things our cohort did when we got to the Kiptopeke lodge was discuss the book The 10 Faces of Innovation by Tom Kelley. The 10 Faces of Innovation describes the 10 most common personalities amongst innovators. …
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EDI Field Day Booth – Post by AJ Keels EDI’21
May 4, 2019, Norfolk Academy hosted yet another Field Day. The theme this year was a county fair. This year the Engineering, Design, and Innovation Fellows reached out to host a game booth in the Midway. The four sophomores, AJ, Olivia, Charlie, and Caitlin teamed up with …
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Team Little Kids Update – Post by Maguire McMahon EDI’20
Hello. My name is Maguire McMahon and this year I worked with Keon Tavakoli on a project named “EDI in Aftercare.” Every other Wednesday Keon and I would venture down to the lower school to run build projects for children …
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Hydroponic Garden Update by Charlie Walker EDI’21 and Olivia Danielson EDI’21
Design Change: In 2018, all of the EDI Fellows were given a design challenge proposed by Jarod Haley, a 2020 Chesapeake Bay Fellow. This challenge was to create a prototype of an hydroponic garden. This garden would be used to …
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Atomic Orbitals Model – Post by Caitlin Johnson EDI’21
The NA chemistry teachers approached Christopher Asuncion EDI’21 and I last November to create a combined model of atomic orbitals for their Chemistry classes. We have been working on the model for several months, and now it is finally complete! …
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Field Day Map update by Patrick McElroy EDI’19
The chaos of Field Day has long been a part of the charm of the day for me, but, as I’ve gotten older, not having some of the schedules or locations on hand has become more of a nuisance. Thinking …
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Outdoor Middle School Courtyard – Update by Frances Harrington eDI’19 and Kevin Smedley EDI’19
Here are Kevin Smedley EDI’19 and Frances Harrington EDI’19 about their project related to using an outdoor space here at NA. Today we presented our final plan for the outdoor space in the middle school. Our project started in the …
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Biodegradable Food Packaging by Sebastian Singh EDI’19
Here is Sebastian Singh, Senior EDI Fellow ’19, describing his current project. Recently, I have taken up a project relating to biodegradable food packaging. Currently, there are two main problems with food packaging materials and methods, the first being the …
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Biomimicry in Urban Architecture – By Keon Tavakoli EDI’21
Every few weeks EDI fellows are split into three groups and each group is assigned a chapter from the book Adapt by Amina Khan. This blog post will discuss one of the presentations from the past week. The topic of the …
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A Hackathon Hosted by the Seniors – Written by Kevin Smedley EDI’19
By Kevin Smedley EDI’19 This past Thursday, February 5th, the senior EDI fellows ran a hackathon for the younger fellows and the directors. The seniors designed this Hackathon around the concepts of sustainability and eco-friendliness, as every day, we use …
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