Learning Goals
Students will be able to investigate real customer needs in the school community to identify a product opportunity worth pursuing.
Students will be able to compare similar products and analyze what makes them appealing, useful, and worth buying.
Students will be able to synthesize interview notes, sticky-note feedback, and research sources to write a clear How Might We statement.
Students will be able to ideate multiple product concepts that could be made and sold from available materials for a specific user.
Students will be able to prototype a simple product using a multistep build procedure, testing basic function and feasibility.
Students will be able to refine a product and sales pitch using feedback from peers, classmates, and a local business owner.
Students will be able to justify design and pricing decisions with evidence from customer research and product testing.
Products
Customer Research Brief and Testable Mini Prototype
Each student creates a one-page research brief with interview notes, comparison findings, and a clear How Might We statement, plus a small prototype or concept mock-up for the chosen product. The product shows how firsthand evidence shaped one specific design idea that can be tested with users.
Market-Ready Product Booth with Shared Prototype, Pricing, and Sales Pitch
Teams combine individual research and concept prototypes into one refined product, then build a booth display with a shared problem statement, packaging, pricing, and a short pitch for the expo. The final product is designed to be tested and presented to authentic stakeholders, showing how feedback changed the solution.
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