Empathize
Empathize
Students will engage in 'Sustainability Storytelling,' sharing their personal eco-friendly practices after watching a documentary, and collaboratively interviewing community members to understand diverse perspectives on sustainable living, informing the needs and challenges for their dream sustainable house designs.
Days 1 - 5
Define
Define
Students will collaboratively define the specific design challenges and desired sustainable features for their 3D dream house models, using insights from their reflection journals and community architect workshops to shape their project goals for environmentally-friendly homes.
Days 6 - 10
55 min over capacity (200 min available across 5 days)
Ideate
Ideate
Students will collaborate in teams to brainstorm diverse eco-friendly features for their dream house designs, using TinkerCad to experiment with 3D modeling ideas and seeking peer and professional feedback to refine their concepts before moving to the prototype phase.
Days 11 - 15
10 min over capacity (200 min available across 5 days)
Prototype
Prototype
Students will collaboratively create rough digital sketches of their dream sustainable houses using TinkerCad, integrating ideas and insights from sustainability storytelling and architectural inspiration tours as they prototype and iterate their designs through peer feedback and self-reflection.
Days 16 - 20
100 min over capacity (200 min available across 5 days)
Test
Test
Students will present their 3D sustainable house prototypes to local architects, classmates, and community members, gather detailed feedback, conduct reflections in their journals, and iterate their designs to enhance functionality and sustainability, culminating in their final digital portfolio entries and interactive presentations.
Days 21 - 25
No activities have been added to this phase yet.
Empathize
Days 1–5
Day 1
Viewing and Discussion of a Sustainability Documentary
Launch
60m
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Define
Days 6–10
Day 6
Sustainability Challenge Brainstorm
Launch
45m
Day 7
Architect's Guest Workshop
Activity
60m
Day 8
Design Feature Exploration
Activity
45m
Collaborative Proposal Drafting
Activity
60m
Day 9
Collaborative Design Proposal
Assessment
Peer Feedback Session
Deliverable
45m
Day 10
Ideate
Days 11–15
Day 11
Environmental Impact Brainstorm
Launch
45m
Day 12
TinkerCad Exploration Session
Activity
60m
Day 13
Professional Feedback Session
Activity
60m
Day 14
Ideation Reflection and Planning
Deliverable
45m
Day 15
Design Ideation Presentation
Assessment
Prototype
Days 16–20
Day 16
Mindful Design Introduction
Launch
60m
Collaborative Digital Sketching
Activity
90m
Day 17
Day 18
Iterative Design Refinement
Activity
90m
Day 19
Design Reflective Journaling
Activity
60m
Day 20
Sustainable House Design Presentation
Assessment
Test
Days 21–25
Day 21
Day 22
Day 23
Day 24
Day 25
May 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
11
Day 1
Empathize
Viewing and Discussion of a Sustainability Documentary
12
Day 2
13
Day 3
14
Day 4
15
Day 5
18
Day 6
Define
Sustainability Challenge Brainstorm
19
Day 7
Architect's Guest Workshop
20
Day 8
Design Feature Exploration
Collaborative Proposal Drafting
21
Day 9
Collaborative Design Proposal
Peer Feedback Session
22
Day 10
25
Day 11
Ideate
Environmental Impact Brainstorm
26
Day 12
TinkerCad Exploration Session
27
Day 13
Professional Feedback Session
28
Day 14
Ideation Reflection and Planning
29
Day 15
Design Ideation Presentation
June 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
1
Day 16
Prototype
Mindful Design Introduction
Collaborative Digital Sketching
2
Day 17
3
Day 18
Iterative Design Refinement
4
Day 19
Design Reflective Journaling
5
Day 20
Sustainable House Design Presentation
8
Day 21
Test
9
Day 22
10
Day 23
11
Day 24
12
Day 25