K–6TechNest
UI/UX Design
Design user interfaces
Maris
LarsBefore you start
- Age band
- K–6
- Time
- 35–70 minutes
- Quest type
- Hanging Out
- Guardian
- Cass · Box Elder
- Materials needed
- Graph paper or dot-grid notebook (for wireframing)
- Stylus for tablet or iPad (for digital sketching)
- Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug
Why this skill rocks
You can make apps and websites super easy and fun for everyone to use right now! It's like building a friendly digital playground.
2034Where this could take you
By 2034, you could be designing the official Olympic apps, making sure fans can easily find schedules, scores, and fun activities from their phones!
What You'll Need
Optional materials for this quest.
Graph paper or dot-grid notebook (for wireframing)
RequiredEvery professional UX designer still sketches on paper first. Dot-grid notebooks are perfect for wireframes — the dots guide you without constraining you the way lines do.
Stylus for tablet or iPad (for digital sketching)
RequiredIf you have access to a tablet, a basic stylus makes sketching wireframes in Figma or drawing on-screen far more natural than using a mouse — and it bridges the paper-to-digital gap faster.
Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug
The clearest, most practical book ever written about web and app usability. Krug explains UX principles through examples any beginner can follow — many UX professionals say it's the first book they recommend.