Developing the Entrepreneur Alcohol STEM Education Unit through Design Thinking Process
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The paper clarifies the process and content of STEM lesson plan development for Grade 10 students who are studying in Thailand school. The learning activities of entrepreneur alcohol STEM education unit was developed regarding the stages of design thinking that consist of 5 stages. These include Empathy, Define, Ideation, Prototyping and Testing. The unit will be organized 2 hours a week for 15 weeks. The activities of week 1 – 3 engage students how the company adopt the design thinking process for developing their products, systems, or services. The 4th week provides students with the scenario of the problem of creating products related to alcoholic beverages includes khao mak, liquor, beer, sato, wine, and shochu. The 5th week challenged students to find empathy related to alcoholic beverages. The 6th week was provided to visualize students’ understanding of demanding alcoholic beverages. The activities of week 7 – 8 were provided regarding the ideation to construct students’ scientific concepts about alcohol. The activities of week 10 – 13 were provided to scaffold students to develop and test prototypes about alcohol. The activities of week 14 – 15 were provided to support students to complete the prototype and presentation regarding business model canvas. The unit clarifies the scenario of lesson plan how to enhance students to develop prototypes regarding students’ understanding about problems and empathy. Students may apply STEM knowledge for designing prototypes about alcohol artifacts.
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