Students will engage in a hands-on plant exploration activity, observing different plant traits and discussing how these traits can address human challenges, while collaborating with peers to share insights and form a foundational understanding of user needs.

Students will analyze their observations from the Plant Discovery Day, collaborate in pairs to identify a human challenge that can be addressed using plant traits, and begin crafting a clear problem statement that guides their design process.

Students will brainstorm and sketch multiple plant-inspired tool ideas that address specific human challenges, fostering creativity and collaboration by working in small groups to evaluate and enhance each other's concepts while using materials and observations collected from the botanical garden tour.

Students will collaboratively build and test small-scale prototypes of their plant-inspired tools, using accessible materials to iteratively refine their designs based on peer feedback and observed performance during hands-on activities.

Students will test their plant-inspired tools with peers, gather feedback through a collaborative reflection circle, and present their final designs to a panel of teachers and community partners, explaining how plant traits informed their creations and assessing their effectiveness in solving human problems.