Empathize
Empathize
Students will safely observe insects and their surroundings, collect picture-based location data, and use story and expert clues to show what insects may need and what museum visitors will want to learn.
Days 1 - 2
Define
Define
Students will sort visual evidence from earlier insect observations, identify habitat needs, and create an oral and picture-based design challenge for an insect habitat model.
Days 3 - 4
Ideate
Ideate
Students will use insect observations, story clues, and community-partner advice to play with many habitat possibilities before selecting and improving a visual plan for a model and museum display.
Days 5 - 7
Draft
Draft
Students will use earlier insect observations, picture data, story ideas, and community-partner advice to create a first insect habitat model and visual museum page. Through short, play-based routines, they will practice representing habitat needs, explaining insect facts, exchanging feedback with two peers, and making an observable revision.
Days 8 - 11
Test
Test
Students will practice picture-based feedback, test insect habitat models with peers, and use peer and community-partner observations to make one evidence-based improvement.
Days 12 - 14
Critique
Critique
Students will practice kind, evidence-based critique, give and receive feedback with two peers, revise insect habitat models and visual displays, and explain how a change better supports an insect or museum visitor.
Days 15 - 17
Notice & Reflect
Notice & Reflect
Students will use pictures, models, gestures, and spoken or signed words to notice how their insect knowledge and habitat designs changed. They will revise an artifact after feedback from two peers and share evidence of learning during the Bug Habitat Showcase.
Days 18 - 20
Empathize
Days 1–2
Day 1
π Bug Hunt Picture Clues
Launch
10m
Day 2
π Insect Story Clue Strip
Deliverable
10m
Define
Days 3–4
Day 3
πͺ² Sort Our Bug Evidence
Knowledge/Skill Building
10m
Day 4
π‘ Build the Habitat Challenge
Deliverable
10m
Ideate
Days 5–7
Day 5
π Needs Before Bug Homes
Knowledge/Skill Building
10m
Day 6
π‘ Three Tiny Habitat Ideas
Knowledge/Skill Building
10m
Day 7
π¦ Bug Habitat Choice Mat
Deliverable
10m
Draft
Days 8–11
Day 8
πΌοΈ Habitat Needs Picture Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building
8m
Day 9
π§± Loose-Part Habitat Building
Knowledge/Skill Building
10m
Day 10
π Insect Puppet Story Rehearsal
Knowledge/Skill Building
8m
Day 11
π‘ First Bug Habitat Prototype
Deliverable
10m
Test
Days 12–14
Day 12
π Habitat Feedback Practice
Knowledge/Skill Building
8m
Day 13
πͺ² Peer-Tested Bug Habitats
Deliverable
10m
Day 14
πΌ Expert Habitat Retest
Community Experience
10m
Critique
Days 15–17
Day 15
π’ Habitat Feedback With Picture Tokens
Knowledge/Skill Building
8m
Day 16
π Two-Peer Bug Model Critique
Deliverable
10m
Day 17
π οΈ Revise the Insect Museum Pieces
Assessment
10m
Notice & Reflect
Days 18–20
Day 18
π§© Match Insect Evidence to Questions
Knowledge/Skill Building
8m
Day 19
π Notice and Reflect with Artifacts
Deliverable
10m
Day 20
π Bug Habitat Showcase Museum Talk
Assessment
10m
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
9
Day 1
Empathize
π Bug Hunt Picture Clues
10
Day 2
π Insect Story Clue Strip
11
Day 3
Define
πͺ² Sort Our Bug Evidence
12
Day 4
π‘ Build the Habitat Challenge
13
Day 5
Ideate
π Needs Before Bug Homes
16
Day 6
π‘ Three Tiny Habitat Ideas
17
Day 7
π¦ Bug Habitat Choice Mat
18
Day 8
Draft
πΌοΈ Habitat Needs Picture Sort
19
Day 9
π§± Loose-Part Habitat Building
20
Day 10
π Insect Puppet Story Rehearsal
23
Day 11
π‘ First Bug Habitat Prototype
24
Day 12
Test
π Habitat Feedback Practice
25
Day 13
πͺ² Peer-Tested Bug Habitats
26
Day 14
πΌ Expert Habitat Retest
27
Day 15
Critique
π’ Habitat Feedback With Picture Tokens
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
30
Day 16
π Two-Peer Bug Model Critique
1
Day 17
π οΈ Revise the Insect Museum Pieces
2
Day 18
Notice & Reflect
π§© Match Insect Evidence to Questions
3
Day 19
π Notice and Reflect with Artifacts
4
Day 20
π Bug Habitat Showcase Museum Talk