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
๐ŸŒฟ Herb Smell and Bread Tasting
Launch 40m
๐Ÿชด Herb Parts Garden Walk
Community Experience 40m
โ˜€๏ธ Water, Sun, and Plant Parts
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
๐Ÿž Family Event Needs Map
Deliverable 40m
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
๐Ÿชด Herb Need Sort Chart
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง Family Welcome Empathy Map
Research 40m
๐Ÿ“ Herb Problem Statement Draft
Deliverable 45m
โœ… Class Herb Challenge Checkpoint
Assessment 40m
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
๐ŸŒฟ Herb Need-to-Idea Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
โœ๏ธ Herb Idea Sketch Carousel
Project Work 40m
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Two Friends Feedback Round
Deliverable 40m
โœ… Class Herb Choice Checkpoint
Assessment 40m
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
๐ŸŒฟ Herb Growth Check and Care Plan
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
๐Ÿชด Plant Parts in Prototype Models
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
โœ๏ธ Herb Bread Idea Sketches
Deliverable 40m
๐Ÿงˆ Bread and Butter Mockups
Project Work 40m
๐Ÿ’ฌ Two-Peer Feedback on Drafts
Project Work 45m
โœ… Revised Herb Prototype Checkpoint
Assessment 40m
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
๐Ÿงช Bread Feedback Practice
Knowledge/Skill Building 30m
๐Ÿ‘ฅ Peer Tasting and Tryout
Project Work 40m
๐Ÿž Partner Test Table
Community Experience 40m
๐Ÿ“ Revised Test Notes
Deliverable 35m
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
๐Ÿชด Herb Growth Check Circle
Knowledge/Skill Building 30m
๐Ÿ‘‚ Guest Feedback Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
โœ๏ธ Bread Table Revision Drafts
Deliverable 50m
โœ… Exhibition Ready Check
Assessment 40m
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
๐ŸŒฟ Exhibition Welcome and Tasting
Deliverable 40m
๐Ÿ“ Herb Journal Notice Pages
Deliverable 40m
๐Ÿค Partner Feedback Circle
Community Experience 35m
โœ… Herb Project Celebration Check
Assessment 40m