Empathize
Empathize
Students will meet a local weather expert, explore simple forecast tools, observe how weather affects people, plants, and animals, and gather first evidence about what families and neighbors need from a helpful class weather advisory.
Days 1 - 2
Define
Define
Students will sort weather evidence from their journals and the weather expert visit, identify who needs helpful information, and turn those patterns into a clear class problem statement for a weather advisory poster set.
Days 3 - 4
Ideate
Ideate
Students will use class weather observations and community needs from earlier phases to imagine several ways a weather advisory could help families and neighbors, then choose one clear direction for a poster set that is based on evidence, easy to understand, and worth developing.
Days 5 - 7
Draft
Draft
Students will turn their weather observations, empathy notes, and community needs into a first draft of a class weather advisory poster set. They will study what makes a message clear for families and neighbors, build low-tech poster prototypes with evidence from class records and expert learning, and revise after a structured peer feedback round before moving to testing.
Days 8 - 11
Test
Test
Students will test their draft weather advisory posters with classmates and a local weather expert, collect evidence about what families and neighbors would understand, and revise their messages and drawings so the advice is clearer, more accurate, and more useful.
Days 12 - 14
Critique
Critique
Students will use peer critique, expert feedback, and evidence from class weather records to improve their class weather advisory poster set so families and neighbors can understand and use the advice.
Days 15 - 17
Notice & Reflect
Notice & Reflect
Students will share their class weather advisory with community guests, explain how weather tools and class records helped them make helpful choices for families and neighbors, and reflect on how feedback, teamwork, and science learning shaped their final work.
Days 18 - 20
Empathize
Days 1–2
Day 1
π¦οΈ Forecast Detective Day
Launch
45m
Day 2
π£οΈ Community Need Picture Map
Deliverable
45m
Define
Days 3–4
Day 3
π§ Weather Needs Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building
40m
Day 4
π Class Advisory Problem Statement
Deliverable
45m
Ideate
Days 5–7
Day 5
π¦οΈ Weather Need-to-Advice Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building
35m
Day 6
ποΈ Advisory Idea Sketch Sprint
Deliverable
50m
Day 7
π Poster Direction Choice Check
Assessment
45m
Draft
Days 8–11
Day 8
ποΈ Clear Weather Message Moves
Knowledge/Skill Building
35m
Day 9
π Weather Evidence to Poster Plan
Project Work
45m
Day 10
π¦οΈ Advisory Poster Draft Build
Deliverable
55m
Day 11
π¬ Two Friends Feedback Fix-Up
Project Work
45m
Test
Days 12–14
Day 12
π£οΈ Weather Message Practice Round
Knowledge/Skill Building
25m
Day 13
π Advisory Poster Tryout
Deliverable
45m
Day 14
π¦οΈ Expert Tool Feedback Check
Assessment
45m
Critique
Days 15–17
Day 15
π£οΈ Weather Message Feedback Practice
Knowledge/Skill Building
30m
Day 16
π Advisory Poster Critique Round
Deliverable
45m
Day 17
π¦οΈ Expert Questions and Poster Revision
Assessment
45m
Notice & Reflect
Days 18–20
Day 18
π¦οΈ Neighbors in the Know Expo
Community Experience
45m
Day 19
βοΈ Expert Questions and Advisory Check
Assessment
45m
Day 20
π Weather Advisory Celebration Circle
Deliverable
40m
September 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
28
Day 1
Empathize
π¦οΈ Forecast Detective Day
29
Day 2
π£οΈ Community Need Picture Map
30
Day 3
Define
π§ Weather Needs Sort
1
Day 4
π Class Advisory Problem Statement
2
Day 5
Ideate
π¦οΈ Weather Need-to-Advice Sort
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
5
Day 6
ποΈ Advisory Idea Sketch Sprint
6
Day 7
π Poster Direction Choice Check
7
Day 8
Draft
ποΈ Clear Weather Message Moves
8
Day 9
π Weather Evidence to Poster Plan
9
Day 10
π¦οΈ Advisory Poster Draft Build
12
Day 11
π¬ Two Friends Feedback Fix-Up
13
Day 12
Test
π£οΈ Weather Message Practice Round
14
Day 13
π Advisory Poster Tryout
15
Day 14
π¦οΈ Expert Tool Feedback Check
16
Day 15
Critique
π£οΈ Weather Message Feedback Practice
19
Day 16
π Advisory Poster Critique Round
20
Day 17
π¦οΈ Expert Questions and Poster Revision
21
Day 18
Notice & Reflect
π¦οΈ Neighbors in the Know Expo
22
Day 19
βοΈ Expert Questions and Advisory Check
23
Day 20
π Weather Advisory Celebration Circle