Design Club 4/23

It seems like design club has been going really well recently. Even though we had some rough patches at the beginning, it seems like the club has really taken off. All of the Students seem really excited about the activities we are doing and the club as a whole. When talking to the children you can tell just how much they have learned and how much they truly care about the ideas of sustainability.
They are all really great children, and their ability to build the models like they did was really amazing. They all had a pretty good plan of what they wanted out of the model and how they were going to get there. My group knew they wanted a ‘deer elevator’ from the very beginning and this week they finally built their ‘deer elevator.’ The amount of planning that went into that fairly small addition was amazing. They really got into it and were really excited to see their final result.
My group was also very excited to have this final banquet. They were talking about what they were going to tell their parents. I think it is a great idea to give some sense of closure to the design club. Rather then just ending on the last day and being done with it. It also gives them a chance to show off what they have worked on.
The only problem we had with the green roof, is that our flowers were moldy. I think that if we do a green roof like this again we need to consider how long until the roofs are actually presented before planting. I am not really sure what the flowers are going to look like by the day of the banquet.
Overall, I really feel that design club really made a turn for the better. We were all getting worried that it wasn’t going to workout, but it really ended up turning into a great experience for all of the children and CU students involved.
--Laura