Design Thinking Process - Empathising
In this lesson students understand design thinking as a process for solving problems creatively. Students explore the design thinking process of empathising and seek to understand more about the users and the problem they are trying to solve. This particular lesson explores reducing litter through the design brief although the activities can be used to empathise with any design.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 5-6 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Design thinking, Impact and interactions |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI6P03
Design a user interface for a digital system |
| Keywords | Think like an inventor, Ideation, Design brief, Empathy, User needs, Problem solving |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | HASS, STEM |
| Organisation | ESA |
| Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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