Design for All: Project Playground
Grades 3-5 60 minutes Engineering English Language Arts Social Emotional Learning
- Grade levels
- 3-5
- Duration
- 60 minutes
- Topics
- Engineering, English Language Arts, Social Emotional Learning
- Standards
- 3 aligned
Lesson: 60 minutes Activity: 30 minutes

Become playground designers, draw a playground for yourself and a fictional friend using a persona. Then pitch your design to get feedback.
Resources
Objectives:
- Determine the likes, dislikes, and needs of a fictional persona.
- Design a play space suitable for themselves and a fictional friend using a persona.
Standards alignment
- Engineering Design
- English Language Arts: Speaking and Listening
- National Core Arts Standards Visual Arts: Creating