Launch
Launch
Students will explore a nature-inspired pop-up market, notice how products and displays attract buyers, gather sensory evidence from nature, and record first product ideas that connect personal interests to a real audience.
Days 1 - 2
Research & Empathy
Research & Empathy
Students will gather evidence from real shoppers and a local maker, record what people notice and need in a market, and turn those observations into an empathy artifact that will guide later product and storefront choices.
Days 3 - 5
Define & Ideate
Define & Ideate
Students will turn research from earlier interviews, observations, and maker visits into a simple design brief, generate several different nature-inspired product ideas, and use peer feedback plus class voting to choose a promising direction for prototyping.
Days 6 - 8
Prototype & Present
Prototype & Present
Students will build and test low-fidelity versions of their nature-inspired products, gather feedback from a new user, revise both their product and marketing communication, and prepare a short stakeholder-facing share-out that explains how evidence shaped their design choices.
Days 9 - 11
Showcase
Showcase
Students will present their finished nature-inspired products, marketing materials, and storefront choices to families, community visitors, and a local small business partner, then explain how feedback and observation shaped their final decisions for a real audience.
Day 12
Launch
Days 1–2
Day 1
ποΈ Nature Pop-Up Notice Walk
Launch
90m
Day 2
π Nature Sketch Hunt Card
Deliverable
90m
Research & Empathy
Days 3–5
Day 3
π Shopper Questions and Notice Cards
Knowledge/Skill Building
75m
Day 4
πͺ Maker Visit Observation Map
Community Experience
90m
Day 5
π§ Empathy Poster Revision Round
Deliverable
90m
Define & Ideate
Days 6–8
Day 6
π§ User Needs and HMW Chart
Knowledge/Skill Building
75m
Day 7
βοΈ Three Nature Product Sketches
Project Work
105m
Day 8
π³οΈ Idea Gallery and Choice Board
Deliverable
90m
Prototype & Present
Days 9–11
Day 9
π§° Prototype Tools and Feedback Moves
Knowledge/Skill Building
45m
Day 10
πͺ΅ First Prototype and User Test
Project Work
90m
Day 11
πΌοΈ Revision Board and Stakeholder Share
Deliverable
90m
Showcase
Days 12–12
Day 12
ποΈ Nature Market Booth Showcase
Assessment
90m
September 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
21
Day 1
Launch
ποΈ Nature Pop-Up Notice Walk
22
Day 2
π Nature Sketch Hunt Card
28
Day 3
Research & Empathy
π Shopper Questions and Notice Cards
29
Day 4
πͺ Maker Visit Observation Map
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
5
Day 5
π§ Empathy Poster Revision Round
6
Day 6
Define & Ideate
π§ User Needs and HMW Chart
12
Day 7
βοΈ Three Nature Product Sketches
13
Day 8
π³οΈ Idea Gallery and Choice Board
19
Day 9
Prototype & Present
π§° Prototype Tools and Feedback Moves
20
Day 10
πͺ΅ First Prototype and User Test
26
Day 11
πΌοΈ Revision Board and Stakeholder Share
27
Day 12
Showcase
ποΈ Nature Market Booth Showcase