Empathize
Empathize
Students will use their senses, observations, and community experiences to learn what herbs are, how people use them, and why growing them well matters for a bread-sharing event. They will begin building science knowledge about plant parts and plant needs while gathering evidence from real places and people to understand what families and partners might need at the exhibition.
Days 1 - 4
Define
Define
Students will sort evidence from herb observations and community partner learning, identify what families and guests need for a welcoming bread-sharing event, and turn those ideas into a simple class problem statement that guides later sketches and prototypes.
Days 5 - 8
Ideate
Ideate
Students will use what they learned about herb growth, plant parts, and family needs to generate many possible ways to grow and use herbs for a bread-sharing event. They will sort ideas by what guests need most, sketch promising options, give and receive peer feedback, and choose one clear direction to develop in the next phase.
Days 9 - 12
Draft
Draft
Students will use what they already learned about herbs, plant parts, and family needs to build first drafts of herb-growing and herb-using solutions. They will make quick models, create early bread and herb-butter plans, document herb growth evidence, and improve their ideas through structured peer feedback before moving on to testing.
Days 13 - 18
Test
Test
Students will test their herb bread, herb butter, decoration, and welcome ideas with peers and invited users, gather evidence from observations and simple interview questions, and revise their draft plans based on what guests actually need and notice.
Days 19 - 22
Critique
Critique
Students will use structured critique to study feedback from a practice audience, compare it to class expectations for the family bread-sharing event, and revise their herb products and display plans. They will reflect on herb growth evidence, decide which changes will best help guests, and improve their class solution before the exhibition phase.
Days 23 - 26
Notice & Reflect
Notice & Reflect
Students will present their herb bread learning to families and bakery guests, notice how well their products and hospitality choices met class expectations, document evidence from the herb-growing process, and reflect on how feedback helped improve the final result.
Days 27 - 30
Empathize
Days 1–4
Day 1
πΏ Herb Smell and Bread Tasting
Launch
40m
Day 2
πͺ΄ Herb Parts Garden Walk
Community Experience
40m
Day 3
βοΈ Water, Sun, and Plant Parts
Knowledge/Skill Building
35m
Day 4
π Family Event Needs Map
Deliverable
40m
Define
Days 5–8
Day 5
πͺ΄ Herb Need Sort Chart
Knowledge/Skill Building
35m
Day 6
π¨βπ©βπ§ Family Welcome Empathy Map
Research
40m
Day 7
π Herb Problem Statement Draft
Deliverable
45m
Day 8
β
Class Herb Challenge Checkpoint
Assessment
40m
Ideate
Days 9–12
Day 9
πΏ Herb Need-to-Idea Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building
35m
Day 10
βοΈ Herb Idea Sketch Carousel
Project Work
40m
Day 11
π£οΈ Two Friends Feedback Round
Deliverable
40m
Day 12
β
Class Herb Choice Checkpoint
Assessment
40m
Draft
Days 13–18
Day 13
πΏ Herb Growth Check and Care Plan
Knowledge/Skill Building
35m
Day 14
πͺ΄ Plant Parts in Prototype Models
Knowledge/Skill Building
35m
Day 15
βοΈ Herb Bread Idea Sketches
Deliverable
40m
Day 16
π§ Bread and Butter Mockups
Project Work
40m
Day 17
π¬ Two-Peer Feedback on Drafts
Project Work
45m
Day 18
β
Revised Herb Prototype Checkpoint
Assessment
40m
Test
Days 19–22
Day 19
π§ͺ Bread Feedback Practice
Knowledge/Skill Building
30m
Day 20
π₯ Peer Tasting and Tryout
Project Work
40m
Day 21
π Partner Test Table
Community Experience
40m
Day 22
π Revised Test Notes
Deliverable
35m
Critique
Days 23–26
Day 23
πͺ΄ Herb Growth Check Circle
Knowledge/Skill Building
30m
Day 24
π Guest Feedback Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building
40m
Day 25
βοΈ Bread Table Revision Drafts
Deliverable
50m
Day 26
β
Exhibition Ready Check
Assessment
40m
Notice & Reflect
Days 27–30
Day 27
πΏ Exhibition Welcome and Tasting
Deliverable
40m
Day 28
π Herb Journal Notice Pages
Deliverable
40m
Day 29
π€ Partner Feedback Circle
Community Experience
35m
Day 30
β
Herb Project Celebration Check
Assessment
40m
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
19
Day 1
Empathize
πΏ Herb Smell and Bread Tasting
20
Day 2
πͺ΄ Herb Parts Garden Walk
21
Day 3
βοΈ Water, Sun, and Plant Parts
22
Day 4
π Family Event Needs Map
23
Day 5
Define
πͺ΄ Herb Need Sort Chart
26
Day 6
π¨βπ©βπ§ Family Welcome Empathy Map
27
Day 7
π Herb Problem Statement Draft
28
Day 8
β
Class Herb Challenge Checkpoint
29
Day 9
Ideate
πΏ Herb Need-to-Idea Sort
30
Day 10
βοΈ Herb Idea Sketch Carousel
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
2
Day 11
π£οΈ Two Friends Feedback Round
3
Day 12
β
Class Herb Choice Checkpoint
4
Day 13
Draft
πΏ Herb Growth Check and Care Plan
5
Day 14
πͺ΄ Plant Parts in Prototype Models
6
Day 15
βοΈ Herb Bread Idea Sketches
9
Day 16
π§ Bread and Butter Mockups
10
Day 17
π¬ Two-Peer Feedback on Drafts
11
Day 18
β
Revised Herb Prototype Checkpoint
12
Day 19
Test
π§ͺ Bread Feedback Practice
13
Day 20
π₯ Peer Tasting and Tryout
16
Day 21
π Partner Test Table
17
Day 22
π Revised Test Notes
18
Day 23
Critique
πͺ΄ Herb Growth Check Circle
19
Day 24
π Guest Feedback Sort
20
Day 25
βοΈ Bread Table Revision Drafts
23
Day 26
β
Exhibition Ready Check
24
Day 27
Notice & Reflect
πΏ Exhibition Welcome and Tasting
25
Day 28
π Herb Journal Notice Pages
26
Day 29
π€ Partner Feedback Circle
27
Day 30
β
Herb Project Celebration Check