ACTIVITY MATERIALS

• Notebook
• Pencil
• Phone

ACTIVITY PROMPT

You will interview someone and try to understand the challenges they face when using their desk at school.

ACTIVITY STEPS

Pick your interviewee

This will be someone who experiences student life.

1st

ACTIVITY STEPS

2 hr

Interview Them!

Use these open-ended questions to really understand how people experience desks every day.

Listen carefully. Ask follow-ups. Let stories unfold.

You can use these questions and feel free to create your own too!

Sample Questions

What do you like about the desks you use now? What bothers you about them?

Describe a normal school day when do you notice your desk the most?

Have you ever felt uncomfortable sitting at a desk? What happened?

Do desks ever get in your way? How?

What usually breaks first on classroom desks?

When something breaks, what happens next?

Do you ever share a desk? What’s good about that? What’s frustrating?

Where do you keep your bag or books during class?

Is there something small that always goes wrong with desks?

If you could change one thing about your desk tomorrow, what would it be?

If you could invent a “perfect classroom desk,” what would it do?

2nd

ACTIVITY STEPS

30 min

Create a word document / slide and share the top 3–5 key takeaways from your interview. These could be surprising facts, fun ideas, or real frustrations they shared.

Who did you interview?

What stood out most from the conversation?

What problems or needs did you hear clearly?

Did any invention ideas start forming in your mind?

3rd

ACTIVITY STEPS

5 min

Submit your work and maybe contact your friend to see what they got as answers,

did someone else find a similar issue? Did an idea catch your eye?

4th