Pubi

Improving Comprehensive Sexuality Education in the classroom

Overview

Pubi is an educational product created to make Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) more appealing, effective and unselfconscious for kids between the ages of nine and eleven.

Through accurate life size reproductive organs and a game dynamic, Pubi deals with puberty body changes and relationship issues in order to help preadolescents to understand and appreciate their own bodies while developing healthy relationships.

Project Info

year: 2018 | 8 months

Type: Bachelor Thesis

University: Universidade Federal do
Rio Grande do sul - Brazil

Methods

field research, shadowing, interviews, online surveys, ideation workshop, Harris profile matrix, 3d modelling, rendering

Comprehensive Sexuality Education is a process of teaching and learning about the cognitive, emotional, physical and social aspects of sexuality.

Unesco (2010)

An anatomy model and a game that takes a holistic approach to puberty changes

A tool for learning & playing

Supporting educators on teaching the genital systems.

Expository classes become more interesting with pubi. Teachers can show each organ and carry around different classrooms.

A quizz game for kids to learn about anatomy, body changes and other aspects like relationships, self-esteem and gender.

Combining body and feelings

Attachable Genital Organs

Real size organs can be
attached together to build
the complete male and
female systems.

Emotional aspects

Relationships are represented
by a heart, Self-esteem by a
mirror and diversity by
a diamond.

Pubi stand

A stand for expository classes
and the base of the game. The
lid protects when the product is not in use.

Question Cards

Four different set of cards: puberty, selfesteem, relationships and diversity.

Pubi parts

The game

the making of pubi

Understanding the users

Field Research at a school in Brazil.

Two visits to the public school João Antônio Satte in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Shadowing & Interviews with teachers.

Interview with basic education teachers from different schools with different education approaches.

Online Survey
about sex-ed.

Survey with 107 young adults about their experiences learning about sexuality at school and home.

“I think it’s really interesting. There are amazing anatomy models but for the healthcare industry. It would be interesting to have something more playful.”

— Liliam Tim, Teacher
João Antônio Satte School, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Ideation

The ideation phase started with a workshop with other designers. After analyzing all the stakeholders and mapping initial ideas, three defined concepts were created. The final direction was decided based on teachers' feedback and a comparative chart.