Students will experience an immersive habitat simulation, generate and refine investigable questions about how specific American Indian nations adapted to their environments, and develop a focused research question with a clear hypothesis recorded in their Adaptation Research Notebook.

Students will design a clear, step-by-step investigation plan that matches their adaptation research question. They will study example sources, choose an appropriate research approach, identify what evidence to collect, and create a detailed methodology plan with peer feedback before beginning data collection.

Students will gather organized evidence about how their selected American Indian nation adapted to its environment, carefully documenting sources, observations, and conditions in their Adaptation Research Notebooks. They will conduct structured resource-use investigations, record data systematically, complete a midpoint quality check, and confirm that their methodology matches their research question before moving to analysis.

Students will analyze their collected evidence to identify patterns in how selected American Indian nations used natural resources and adapted to their environments. They will create clear data visualizations, interpret findings in relation to their research questions and hypotheses, and draft a preliminary findings section for their research notebook that explains patterns, surprises, and possible limitations.

Students will write evidence-based conclusions about how their selected American Indian nation adapted to its environment, explicitly acknowledge limitations in their investigation, generate new research questions, and present their full investigation process and findings during the Journey Through Time Fair.