Design & Prototype
Design & Prototype
Students will turn user research into a clear design brief, generate multiple food truck menu concepts, build low-fidelity menu prototypes with ratio and unit-rate math, test those ideas with peers and an outside expert, and revise their work through two documented iteration cycles.
Days 9 - 13
Launch
Days 1–2
Day 1
🌮 Menu Mystery Mix-Up
Launch
45m
Day 2
👨🍳 Paco’s Crowd Cooking Questions
Community Experience
45m
Research & Plan
Days 3–8
Day 3
🎤 Paco’s Scaling Secrets
Community Experience
45m
Day 4
📏 Ratio Tables for Crowd Batches
Knowledge/Skill Building
45m
Day 5
🧠 Event Customer Empathy Map
Research
45m
Day 6
💵 Unit Cost and Profit Check
Knowledge/Skill Building
45m
Day 7
📝 Needs and Constraints Planner
Deliverable
45m
Day 8
🔍 Menu Check Numbers Round
Assessment
45m
Design & Prototype
Days 9–13
Day 9
🧩 How Might We Menu Brief
Knowledge/Skill Building
40m
August 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
24
Day 1
Launch
🌮 Menu Mystery Mix-Up
25
Day 2
👨🍳 Paco’s Crowd Cooking Questions
26
Day 3
Research & Plan
🎤 Paco’s Scaling Secrets
September 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
31
Day 4
📏 Ratio Tables for Crowd Batches
1
Day 5
🧠 Event Customer Empathy Map
2
Day 6
💵 Unit Cost and Profit Check
7
Day 7
📝 Needs and Constraints Planner
8
Day 8
🔍 Menu Check Numbers Round
9
Day 9
Design & Prototype
🧩 How Might We Menu Brief