A Map for a Real Decision
How can reliable data help us choose the best route or location? Build a mapped recommendation with a scale model of the site.
Grade 7 Project
The Strategic Defender
Learners investigate complex questions, weigh different views and defend their decisions with evidence.
Grade 7 Learning Labs
Learning Labs
Grade 7 is eight Learning Labs, built and released one at a time, in order. Here is the year ahead — see what is live now in the Portal, or ask us about a specific Lab.
A Structure That Earns Its Materials
How can a structure carry a load while using materials wisely? Build and load-test a tower or bridge.
An Enterprise We Can Explain
Can an enterprise meet a real need and account for its choices? Build a prototype product and a costed business plan.
Research Into an Original Work
How can a researched literary question become an original written and spoken work? Publish a literary portfolio and present it aloud.
Keep the Heat Where It Helps
How can a design slow unwanted heat transfer? Build and test an insulated container, then revise it.
A Community Response Worth Defending
How can we recommend a fair, workable response to a resource problem? Build an evidence-based brief and a small prototype.
A Sundial for Your Latitude
Why does the Sun’s path change through the day and year? Build a working sundial, calibrated for your own latitude.
Kitchen Chemistry
Is it an acid or a base? Build a red-cabbage indicator kit and test at least eight household substances.
Prefer to start now? Explore our five standalone Discovery Labs.