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Discovering Your "D Spot": Straight Talk about Design.
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Designing Musical Instruments
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You're a Grand Old Group
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Undercover Detectives in Search of the Good Citizen
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Microbiology Design Challenge
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Elements of Civilization
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It's a Wrap
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Mastermind
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City of Neighborhoods: Fulton Street Mall
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What Schools Can Learn From Google, IDEO, and Pixar
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Re-design the supermarket
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In 1910, French illustrator envisioned the future. He had some great 'wild' ideas.
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A Beer Bottle That Doubles as a Brick
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The School Day of the Future is DESIGNED
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Biomimcry and Design Meet
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In the Classroom, Students Use Design to Solve Real-World Problems
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Mom as curator, Frig as gallery
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No Right Brain Left Behind
Design in the Classroom
Are you looking for new ideas and methods to engage your students? Design makes any subject immediately relevant to students by directly relating to their real-life experience. How can design enhance the teaching of any subject, including mathematics, science, environmental studies, language arts, history, and art?
Find out.
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National Design Week
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A City of Neighborhoods, New Orleans
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Kids Rock
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Rebuild, Renew, Revitalize, Recreate New Orleans
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Service Project for Middle Schoolers?
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Food consumption comparison
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NYC public high school teachers: Announcing the 2009-2010 Citywide Publication Design Competition!
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Cooper-Hewitt visits New Orleans
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Spotlight on Design Education in October's SchoolArts Magazine
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Tour + Workshop: Health Challenge - What do I Need to Survive?
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Tour + Workshop: Green Transportation System
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Tour + Workshop = DESIGN: Presenting Information
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Tour + Workshop = DESIGN: Form Follows Function
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Logo Design Basics: Your Name Here
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Logo Design Basics: School ID
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Logo Design Basics: School ID
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Introduction to Book Cover Design for the NYCDOE 2009-10 Citywide Publication Design Competition
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CityRacks Design Competition: The next generation of bicycle parking for NYC
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT COOPER-HEWITT
A City of Neighborhoods
A City of Neighborhoods invites a variety of community leaders—teachers, architects, civic leaders, and others—to work together to extend the classroom into the community and apply design education to a neighborhood context.
Summer Design Institute
For one week every summer, educators and designers are invited to join an international roster of renowned designers and design educators as they share strategies for engaging K-12 students in the design process. Summer Design Institute features hands-on workshops and keynote presentations that connect the school curriculum with the world beyond the classroom.
