Seven intrepid Hopewell High School students tackle their classroom nemesis -- the restrictive half-desk/chair combo - that has remained essentially unchanged since the 1950's - and their revolutionary design makes it all the way to the Lemelson-MIT InvenTeamsâ„¢ expo. Funky and funny, animated with drawings by best-selling author/illustrator David Macaulay, this ten-minute film provides a free-wheeling introduction to the classic engineering design process. Produced by Emmy Award-winning producer Lawrence Klein and developed by MOS executive producer Carol Lynn Alpert, with support from the National Science Foundation (DRL-0833636). Available on DVD at http://mos.org/orderinventeens. Inquiries: edufilms@mos.org.

See also "Hands-On, Minds-On: Bringing Engineering Design to High School Classrooms" (http://www.mos.org/handsminds), a half-hour film by the same production team for high school educators, administrators, and policy-makers.
For more STEM education resources for educators and students, see http://www.mos.org/educators. Less