Overview
Stages
Design awareness
design for function
design with empathy
design for change
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overview
Stages
Design awareness
design for function
design with empathy
design for change
Team

Design with Empathy

People have needs. Listen to them.

Equip your students with exercises that allow them to understand other’s needs in order to improve other’s lives.

Learn MoreExplore Exercises
By practicing Design with Empathy students will learn how to:

1. Empathize & Learn

2. Ideate

3. Prototype, Test, & Refine

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*Changemaker K-12 Design Awareness is adapted from the thinking routines developed by Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and has been developed with help from a National Science Foundation Grant.
STEP
1

Empathize & Learn

Step 1
Launchpad
Psss... Start Here
Design with Empathy
Step 1
Empathize & Learn

Intro: Spy Fairy

What is design with empathy and how does it improve the quality of design?

30 min
STEP 1
EXTENDED
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STEP
2

Ideate

Step 2
Launchpad
After finishing "Spy Fairy" from Step 1
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STEP
3

Prototype, Test, & Refine

Step 3
Launchpad
After you've completed both steps 1 and 2
Design with Empathy
Step 3
Prototype, Test, & Refine

Design Desk Challenge

What is design with empathy and how does it improve the quality of design?

30 min

Finished with Design with Empathy Exercises?

Your students are now ready to move on to the final stage of becoming Changemakers. It's time to Design for Change!

Design for Change
Design Awareness
Step 1
Zoom In

Parts & Purposes

Why are things designed the way they are? Become your very own design detective and investigate the overlooked clues of our designed world.

30 min