Deliverable
🧠 Empathy Map: Our Carbon Choices
Holders of Foundational Knowledge
Role of government
Product
Assessment
Exhibition
Reflection
Core Content
Project Launch
Community Partners
Essential Question
Critique and Revision
Submission Required
Using interview data, small groups create an empathy map identifying what users say, think, do, and feel about reducing their carbon footprint. Groups highlight patterns across interviews and draft 2–3 insight statements about common needs or barriers. Empathy maps are posted for a gallery walk.
Plan day
Day 1
Duration
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Grouping
Small Group
Steps
7 steps
Lesson plan
7 steps| # | What teachers do |
|---|---|
| 1 | Read and discuss the essential question: How can individual and community actions contribute to reducing our carbon footprint effectively? (10 min) |
| 2 | Gather materials for the empathy map exercise, including markers, large paper, sticky notes, and interview data. (10 min) |
| 3 | Discuss what empathy mapping is and explain the areas: what users say, think, do, and feel. (10 min) |
| 4 | In groups, analyze the interview data and begin filling out the empathy map focusing on what users say and think. (15 min) |
| 5 | Continue group work by considering user actions and feelings, completing the empathy map, ensuring all group members participate. (15 min) |
| 6 | Post empathy maps around the room and conduct a gallery walk where groups review each other's work. (10 min) |
| 7 | Hold a reflective discussion on insights gathered, focusing on common needs or barriers discovered through the gallery walk. (10 min) |
Preparation (3 items)
- Prepare large sheets of paper and markers for groups to create empathy maps.
- Compile interview data related to carbon footprint perceptions for students to analyze.
- Set up an area for the gallery walk by clearing wall space and ensuring enough room for groups to view the maps.
Student-facing instructions
You will work in small groups to create an empathy map based on interview data. Gather your materials: markers, large paper, and sticky notes. Begin by discussing the essential question and learning about empathy maps. Analyze the interview data with your group and fill out all four sections of the empathy map: what users say, think, do, and feel. Travel around the room to view other groups' maps in a gallery walk and note common themes. Share your insights in a class discussion.