Design-Thinking

Today, Ms Elder introduced us to the design-thinking model. We know that the steps are: 

1. Discovery/Empathy: find out what the problem is

2. Define: restate what the problem is and check with the person to see if that's correct

3. Ideate: brainstorm ideas to solve the problem.

4. Prototype: build a model invention to solve the problem

5. Test: test it and make changes so it works better/solve the problem better

We read the ridiculous and silly book, Stuck, by Oliver Jeffers. In the book, the main character Floyd keeps throwing things up in a tree to knock down his kite. 

We listened to the story and learned about Floyd's problem. We restated the problem to make sure we understood it. Then, we brainstormed by drawing pictures in our visual journals. This time, we are not going to do Steps 4 and 5. Stay tuned 'til our Space unit in Science...

Here are some pics of our ideas: