Students will explore the Essential Question "What can we learn from the weather?" by experiencing weather through movement, interviewing real users about how weather changes their play, and creating empathy maps grounded in real quotes and observations. They will practice listening, speaking, drawing, and early writing skills while documenting user needs that will guide their design work in the next phase.

Students will synthesize their weather interviews and observations into clear, child-friendly problem statements that name a real user, a specific need, and evidence from research. They will identify patterns across empathy maps, co-create a shared How Might We question, and refine it through peer critique before moving into ideation.

Students will generate many possible solutions to help kindergarteners understand daily weather and choose safe, fun outdoor play. They will use movement, drawing, and structured choice tools to explore diverse ideas before selecting top concepts grounded in real user needs from earlier empathy work.

Students will build and refine low- and medium-fidelity prototypes of their Interactive Weather Mural panels and movement demonstrations, test them with real users, document feedback through drawings and teacher scribing, and revise based on evidence before moving to final testing and presentation.

Students will validate their Interactive Weather Mural and weather-movement performances with new users, revise based on real feedback, and present their full design story—from empathy research to final prototype—at the Nature’s Weather Gallery.