Handed a cardboard tube from her teacher, Jasmine Jewel Penstone-Miller was told to go and create something with it. A challenge that was accepted by Jasmine Jewel and her classmates at Lèman International School Chengdu, with no clue how, or from where, to begin.
It was a class discussion that suddenly prompted the floodgates of creativity to open.
“I was completely stuck, I couldn’t think of anything,” Jasmine Jewel said.
“But then we talked about turning the tube into something you really like to do.”
A task originally intended for university entrants, Hack the Tube was an exercise developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who send students their acceptance letter in a silver tube. Once enrolled, MIT’s admissions department invites new students to “hack” their tube by turning it into something fun, artistic or creative, rendering some spectacular outcomes.
The baton has also been passed on to students at Nord Anglia Education (NAE) schools as part of its collaboration with MIT to enhance STEAM learning. Students across NAE schools rose to the occasion with zeal and determination, including Jasmine Jewel<
Nord Anglia International School, New York
