What is Playnovate
Playnovate is a rapidly growing Silicon Valley, USA, and China-based STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) education startup. We offer a complete and comprehensive STEAM curriculum for K-6 primary school students (ages 3 to 12). Our full curriculum comes with hundreds of STEAM lessons covering 6 grades and they are taught in either online (live streaming teaching) or offline (classroom style teaching) models.
Every one of our lessons comes with a fun, engaging, and intuitive physical STEAM kit box for our students to do hands-on project-based learning. Our pedagogy is designed to excite students and connect with their motivation for learning. We believe by learning STEAM education early, our students learn to comprehend various real-world STEAM applications and products. They are inspired to be curious, creative, and develop an innovator mindset.
The Curriculum
Playnovate offers hundreds of STEAM lessons that are the building blocks to understanding and innovating our complex world. Lessons are designed along with developmental age levels and anchored to the latest neuroscience research on how people think and learn. Each student is acknowledged as unique in abilities, knowledge, and challenges.
Each lesson is a building block to understanding the complex world and the interrelationships of S-T-E-A-M. Key design elements in Playnovate curriculum include:
- Inquiry-based learning drives the development of 21st Century skills
- Construct models and prototypes
- Make evidence-based solutions
- Persist and learn from failure
- Assess the implications of solutions
- Work effectively in teams
- Communicate clearly
With over 200,000+ participated students worldwide
Presence in the U.S.A, China, Canada, Central America, and Southeast Asia
Playnovate is leading the STEAM education movement worldwide preparing the children for the Industrial Revolution 4.0 technologically and scientifically advanced world.
PLAYNOVATE International Education and Research Team
DR. BARRY KATZ
Education Advisor (Design)
- Professor of Design at California College of Arts
- Pioneering Professor at Stanford University
- d-School IDEO Fellow
- Fellow of i-School, University of Tokyo
- Design Thinking Academy Co-Founder
GIGI CARUNUNGAN
Chief Learning Architect Education Architect
- Innvative educator, 30 years of teaching experience
- Inventor of Helical Learning Model
- Founder of 3 innovative education primary schools in Silicon Valley
DR. MARTIN GRISS
Education Advisor (Science)
- Previous Associate Dean of Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley Campus
- Lab Director & Principal Scientist at Hewlett-Packard Company
- Over 40 years of science and computer engineering teaching experience
PLAYNOVATE Innovation Team
STEVE HSIA
Executive Chairman
- A successful serial entrepreneur
- Launched 5 start-ups with 3 successful exits
- Founder & CEO of AGENDA, Asia’s largest independent digital marketing agency
APAC COO of WPP|Wunderman - Board member of multiple public-listed companies
GIGI CARUNUNGAN
Chief Learning Architect Education Architect
- Innvative educator, 30 years of teaching experience
- Inventor of Helical Learning Model
- Founder of 3 innovative education primary schools in Silicon Valley
LYNN ZENG
CEO Product and Market
- Senior expert in Internet education and marketing
- 18 years of experiences in Internet landscape
- Rich experiences in marketing and management
