Activity

Design Thinking Activities

6TH-12TH 30-45 MIN

World Health Day – Sole Hope

Students learn how a parasitic flea is keeping thousands of African children out of school — and use their talent to help make shoes that can help change that.

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K-12TH 30-45 MIN

International Women’s Day

Inspired by Malala and organizations fighting for girls worldwide, students use their 3Ts to take action for women's equality.

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K-12TH 30-45 MIN

Holidays with Heart

Help students focus on ways they can use their 3T's to make a difference during the holiday season with a resource drive for a cause they care about!

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K-12TH 30-45 MIN

Helping Our Veterans

Over 18 million veterans face invisible wounds, hunger, and homelessness. Students design a service project to serve those who served us.

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K-12TH 30-45 MIN

Hurricane Helene & Milton

Back-to-back hurricanes left communities devastated — students use their 3Ts to identify a specific need and take real action in the recovery.

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K-12TH 20-40 MIN

Project Planner

A printable planning tool that walks students through the full Design Thinking Process and helps them map out the details of their impact project.

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K-12TH 30 MIN

Love for Lahaina

After wildfires destroyed Lahaina in 2023, students use the Design Thinking Process to find meaningful ways to support the ongoing recovery.

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K-12TH 20-30 MIN

Voracious Volunteers

Helping is hardwired in us — this activity guides students to find real volunteer opportunities and commit their most valuable resource: their Time.

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K-12TH 20-30 MIN

Rewards of Resilience

Students build a personal resilience toolkit and use their Time and Talent to share those tools with classmates who need them.

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K-12TH 20-30 MIN

Pets Are Family, Too!

Millions of pets enter shelters every year — students discover how their Time and Talent can make a real difference beyond donations.

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K-12TH 45–60 MIN

Heart for Ukraine

Students empathize with families displaced by war and use their 3Ts to take real action for those still rebuilding their lives.

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Turn Project Heart lessons into real-world impact with the Illumination Fund

The Illumination Fund provides small grants (up to $500) to support student-led projects inspired by Project Heart. Classrooms can request support for materials, field trip transportation (paired with a service project), fundraiser matching, or collection drive matching—up to two grants per classroom each school year.

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