Design Thinking

Introduction

Credit: Erin Bushnell

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Design Thinking Phases

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Interview a Partner:

• Find out their favorite food(s).�
• Share about your favorite foods.�
• Jot down notes on your organizer.

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Try to choose a food that has some family significance to you!

Can we invent a new utensil to help our friends eat their favorite foods?

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Write a Point of View statement:

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__________________ needs a way to ___________________________

because/but _______________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Can we invent a new utensil to help our friends eat their favorite foods?

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Quick Sketches:

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• Can you come up with 3-4 quick ideas?�
• Can you combine ideas to make something new?�
• Sketch your ideas on your organizer.

Can we invent a new utensil to help our friends eat their favorite foods?

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Time to Build!

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• Choose either your most unique idea OR your idea that you think best will help your partner.

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• Use your tinfoil to build a low-fi prototype of your idea.

Can we invent a new utensil to help our friends eat their favorite foods?

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Time to Share!

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• Share your idea with your partner. �
• Be sure to get some feedback so you can think about what you might modify in your design.

Can we invent a new utensil to help our friends eat their favorite foods?

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Design thinking phases: Notice/Wonder

Which of these steps did we use in our intro activity today?

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Resources/Standards

Makers Empire

Stanford Design School

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Q. Practice successful design skills: Continued opportunities to experience and develop essential design skills will improve students’ design experiences. Students engage in developmentally appropriate experiences to develop these essential skills, which will often be teacher-driven.�

S. illustrate that there are multiple approaches to design.�

T. Apply universal principles and elements of design: Students develop the necessary vocabulary to identify, describe, and begin to apply the principles and elements of design�

U. evaluate designs based on criteria, constraints, and standards.

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ETS1.B: At whatever stage, communicating with peers about proposed solutions is an important part of the design process, and shared ideas can lead to improved designs.

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