Design Thinking with year 7/8!

Our year 7/8 class used design thinking alongside their inquiry topic for the term, tourism. The kids had been learning about different types of tourists with their classroom teacher. So we used design thinking to design tourist attractions for either allocentric or psychocentric tourists.  

We used Lego and a box of "junk" for prototyping.



The challenge I came across was how much the kids struggled to ideate (it was so hard as the teacher to let them struggle and not jump in and give them some ideas). They are possibly just not used to ideating, or expressing their ideas by sketching. 


At the reflecting stage of the design thinking process the kids made short (one take) videos to share with others their designs. The kids had to write a script and practising saying it before they were allowed to film. I was surprised how they really struggled to communicate their ideas.

Here is an example for one of the videos the kids made to share their design thinking prototype. It is definitely not perfect but a good first go, I think! 



Here are few of the most innovate designs. First up is a hot air balloon ride designed for a psychocentric tourist. What a innovate way to use a balloon! 






Miss S, designed a baggage trolley system for her adventurous allocentric tourist. She commented on how she liked learning by making things. She spent  a long time making her ideas better and better and BETTER! 




There is lots of room for improvement. BUT loving this design thinking journey! 


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