Students will launch the natural play space project by noticing needs in the unused outdoor area, exploring safe recycled and natural materials, and asking early questions about how to make the space fun and useful for their school community.

Students will observe real outdoor play spaces, gather evidence about safety and fun in their own unused area, and organize what they learn into a class empathy wall, simple user needs cards, and an early site map that will guide later prototypes.

Students will turn their observation notes, safety cards, and map evidence into a shared design direction, build and test quick play-space models with recycled and natural materials, gather peer feedback, and revise their ideas at least twice to make the space safer and more fun for their school community.

Students will validate their refined natural play space ideas with a new user group, make one more evidence-based improvement, and prepare a stakeholder-ready walkthrough package with a class map, blueprint photos, and recorded student voice notes that explain how feedback shaped final decisions.

Students will guide an authentic audience through the completed natural play space, use maps, photos, and visitor guides to explain their design choices, and reflect on how recycled and natural materials improved a shared school space through the design process.