Fostering Empathetic Design with the Sustainable Development Goals

(Lightning Learning, Grades 6-9, 30 minutes)

Do you want to support your students in strengthening their ability to consider the needs of others to develop meaningful solutions to real-world problems? In this session, you will explore how building empathy can support the development of student problem-solving skills through the design thinking process. You will apply a classroom-ready learning strategy to empathize with a real-world problem using the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Completion of this session counts towards the requirements for the Learning Pathway: STEM Cross-Curricular Learning.

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