Project Work
🗺️ Carbon Impact Empathy Map
Holders of Foundational Knowledge
Product
Assessment
Exhibition
Reflection
Core Content
Community Partners
Essential Question
Critique and Revision
Submission Required
In small groups, students create a large empathy map for one stakeholder (e.g., students, families, teachers). They fill in sections: Says, Thinks, Does, Feels, and Carbon Impact. Groups include at least two direct quotes from interviews and connect behaviors to renewable or non-renewable energy use.
Plan day
Day 2
Duration
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Grouping
Small Group
Steps
6 steps
Lesson plan
6 steps| # | What teachers do |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduce the empathy map project: Explain the concept and purpose of the empathy map and define the five sections (Says, Thinks, Does, Feels, and Carbon Impact). (10 min) |
| 2 | Divide students into small groups and assign stakeholders for each group to focus on (e.g., families, teachers). Explain the importance of considering perspectives other than their own. (10 min) |
| 3 | Review the quotes gathered from interviews: Instruct students to review the quotes they collected and brainstorm behaviors related to energy use or carbon footprint for each section of the empathy map. (10 min) |
| 4 | Create the empathy map: Each group creates a large empathy map on poster paper, filling in each section with quotes and behaviors. Use drawings or symbols to represent actions and feelings. (15 min) |
| 5 | Prepare for presentations: Groups discuss what they learned through creating the map and prepare to share their findings with the class, focusing on connections between behaviors and energy use. (10 min) |
| 6 | Movement break: Engage students in a quick movement activity to re-energize. (5 min) |
Preparation (4 items)
- Prepare poster paper and markers or crayons for groups to create empathy maps.
- Set up areas for group work with enough space for each group to spread out.
- Prepare sample empathy maps as examples for the students.
- Create anchor charts explaining each section of the empathy map and how they relate to carbon footprint.
Student-facing instructions
You will work in small groups to create an empathy map for a specific group of people, like families or teachers. Your map will have five sections called Says, Thinks, Does, Feels, and Carbon Impact. You'll use quotes from interviews and ideas about behaviors that affect energy use to fill in each section. Your goal is to understand how these behaviors impact carbon footprints and prepare to share your map with the class.