Encouraging students to be visionary, to take chances and persevere in the face of failure.
The Innovation Lab is a collaborative and cutting-edge workspace to advance, and enrich student learning. Students engage and succeed in complex problem solving, critical thinking, risk-taking, and creative design. By using the Design Thinking process, they quickly become innovators!
The lab includes 3D printers, laser cutters, a vinyl cutter, sewing machines, large monitors with highly-efficient PC computers, a drop-down green screen, and more.
The equipment allows students to bring ideas to life, allowing students to create projects for classes and also pursue outside interests, including those pertaining to future career goals.
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Exciting Projects in the Innovation Lab
Students from all grade levels have been applying the design thinking process to develop creative, amazing things from Voronoi art/design to biotech concepts and stress-relief objects. Read more...Read More -
Biodiversity and Water Collection Challenges in Innovation Lab
Students in Ms. Mead's Earth Science and Environmental Science classes took on some big challenges in the Innovation Lab. Applying "design thinking" in small groups, they created prototypes of water collection devices and objects that encourage biodiversity on campus.Read More -
Innovation Lab Endothermic Reaction Applications
Sophomores in Chemistry Honors came up with some very creative ideas for "keeping something cold." The open-ended challenge to harness the reaction of baking soda, citric acid, and water resulted in designs for organ transport, migraine headache treatment, historical document preservation, personal comfort in a hot car, and body-cooling clothing. Design thinking allowed them to focus their prototypes based on empathy and ideation to best solve a problem.Read More -
Innovation Lab Liquefaction Challenge
Juniors and seniors in Ms. Mead's Earth Science class put their creativity to the test. After designing a small structure to withstand liquefaction caused by an earthquake and one that would NOT, they tested their structures in a tub of sand and water. Some not-so-surprising results were observed!Read More -
Innovation Lab: Wind Turbines!
Read MoreStudents learned how to transform wind energy into electrical energy by building their own miniature wind turbines and measuring the electrical current they produce. By testing and refining their models, students were also able to study how design and position affect electrical energy production. A simple hobby motor and LED lightbulb were provided but students were challenged to build their turbines out of everyday products and waste.
Louisville High School
22300 Mulholland Drive
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
Phone: (818) 346-8812
Fax: (818) 346-9483
Louisville High School is a private, Catholic, college-preparatory school for girls in grades 9 through 12, located in Woodland Hills, CA.