Envision

As children get older, they can sometimes feel pressured to leave their imaginations at the door. Daydreaming, for example, is discouraged or often dismissed as unproductive. Wolfston rejected the notion that imagination was something just "for kids" by tying it into the SHoM of Envision. In teams, students were challenged to build towers with newspapers and tape—the taller the tower, the better. The only rule was that the towers had to stand up on their own. Teams sketched out potential designs on paper, and once they reached a consensus, quickly got to work.

"What I love about this project is that it allows competition to come in, [but] in a very friendly, kind way," says Wolfston. "I think it puts competition up on its side."