ACE March Share Out 🎉

Hello ACE Community! ✨

March brings us to the second activity in our Design Skills Series, where students continue building the foundational skills that help them think like designers.

Last month, we explored emphasis and movement, how designers guide the viewer’s eye to what matters most.

This month’s challenge focuses on balance in design, helping students experiment with how visual elements work together to create harmony, clarity, and strong communication.
 

➡️ March Guided Activity: Learn Balance in Design
Try it here: https://adobe.ly/adobemarchchallenge

In this activity, students experiment with different t-shirt designs while exploring how designers balance images, color, and composition. Instead of simply placing elements randomly, they begin thinking intentionally about visual weight, symmetry, asymmetry, and how designs feel to the viewer.

Like the rest of this series, the goal isn’t just creating something that “looks good.”
It’s helping students understand why certain design choices work.

Over time, these small design challenges help students build the creative confidence to communicate ideas visually across subjects.
 

Why This Matters

Design is one of the most powerful forms of communication students can learn.

Through these short challenges, students practice:

• Thinking intentionally about visual choices
• Communicating ideas clearly through design
• Experimenting, revising, and reflecting
• Developing creative confidence

These are skills students carry into presentations, storytelling, research projects, and media creation across the curriculum.
 

Classroom Idea Sparks for March

March invites us to amplify stories, celebrate leadership, and spotlight the voices shaping our world. From Women’s History Month to World Book Day, here are a few remixable ideas educators are trying with students this month.

Women’s History Month

• Produce a Video Biography: Invite students to create short video biographies of influential women in history, STEM, the arts, activism, or their own communities. Encourage them to connect historical impact to present-day relevance.  ➡️ Try it: https://adobe.ly/whm1 
• Write a Page from the Past: Students imagine a journal entry from the perspective of a woman changemaker, grounded in research and empathy. What challenges did she face? What dreams did she hold? What would she want us to remember? ➡️ Try it: https://adobe.ly/whm2 
• Create a Creative Hero Card: Celebrate women in your school or community—teachers, custodians, coaches, family members, or mentors. Students design hero cards that spotlight everyday leadership. ➡️ Try it: https://adobe.ly/whm3 

World Book Day

• Create a Character Mood Board: Students visually represent a powerful literary character using color, symbols, textures, and imagery that represent their identity and growth. ➡️ Try it: https://adobe.ly/wbd1 
• Illustrate a Storybook (Alternate Ending): What if a classic story centered a different voice? Students can reimagine endings that amplify underrepresented perspectives. ➡️ Try it: https://adobe.ly/wbd2 
• Design a Book Cover: Students redesign a book cover for a novel written by a woman author or reinterpret it through a modern lens. ➡️ Try it: https://adobe.ly/wbd3 

Join the Conversation

This space is really about learning from each other.

We’d love to see what’s happening in your classrooms this month!

Jump in by sharing:

• Student work or in-progress creations
• How you’re connecting design skills to your curriculum
• Reflections on what students are discovering about design
• Creative moments happening in your classroom or library

Whether you’re trying the Balance challenge, exploring Women’s History Month projects, celebrating World Book Day, or experimenting with something entirely different, your ideas help inspire educators across the community.

Looking forward to seeing what you and your students create this month! ✨

With creative joy,
Your Adobe for Education Community Team