Launch
Launch
Students will enter a rescue-dive scenario, investigate how gas behavior and heat loss matter for diver safety, and generate first-round evidence, questions, and design ideas that prepare them for user research and planning in the next phase.
Days 1 - 2
Research & Plan
Research & Plan
Students will gather user and context evidence from marine safety and underwater-environment experts, build early science explanations about gas behavior and heat loss in scuba situations, and organize those findings into a planning artifact that will guide later dive-plan and warming-device design.
Days 3 - 6
Define & Ideate
Define & Ideate
Students will turn research evidence into a focused dive-design brief, generate multiple air-and-warmth concepts, and use particle models, calculations, and feedback to choose promising ideas for later prototyping.
Days 7 - 10
Prototype & Present
Prototype & Present
Students will turn their draft ideas into tested warming-device prototypes and evidence-based dive-plan materials, use two rounds of feedback to improve them, and prepare a refined safety briefing for external validation.
Days 11 - 14
Showcase
Showcase
Students will present their completed dive-safety briefing boards, air calculations, particle models, route maps, safety checklists, and tested warming-device prototypes to a Coast Guard or marine safety guest and other visitors, answer questions with evidence, and show how critique led to final revisions.
Day 15
Launch
Days 1–2
Day 1
π¨ Coast Guard Mission Briefing
Launch
75m
Day 2
π«§ Syringe, Balloon, and Ice Tests
Knowledge/Skill Building
75m
Research & Plan
Days 3–6
Day 3
π Coast Guard Dive Needs Interview
Community Experience
75m
Day 4
π Syringe Tank Particle Models
Knowledge/Skill Building
75m
Day 5
π Aquarium Cold-Water Evidence Map
Community Experience
75m
Day 6
π Dive Evidence Planning Checkpoint
Assessment
75m
Define & Ideate
Days 7–10
Day 7
π§ Dive Needs Wall Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building
75m
Day 8
π‘οΈ Particle Models for Dive Choices
Knowledge/Skill Building
75m
Day 9
βοΈ How Might We Concept Set
Project Work
90m
Day 10
β
Concept Gate Pitch
Assessment
60m
Prototype & Present
Days 11–14
Day 11
π§ͺ Prototype Build and Test Plan
Project Work
75m
Day 12
π Data Review and Calculation Tune-Up
Knowledge/Skill Building
60m
Day 13
π Peer Critique and Revision Round
Deliverable
75m
Day 14
β Coast Guard Plan Review
Community Experience
75m
Showcase
Days 15–15
Day 15
π¨ Dive Safety Showcase Briefing
Assessment
75m
September 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
28
Day 1
Launch
π¨ Coast Guard Mission Briefing
29
Day 2
π«§ Syringe, Balloon, and Ice Tests
30
Day 3
Research & Plan
π Coast Guard Dive Needs Interview
1
Day 4
π Syringe Tank Particle Models
2
Day 5
π Aquarium Cold-Water Evidence Map
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
5
Day 6
π Dive Evidence Planning Checkpoint
6
Day 7
Define & Ideate
π§ Dive Needs Wall Sort
7
Day 8
π‘οΈ Particle Models for Dive Choices
8
Day 9
βοΈ How Might We Concept Set
9
Day 10
β
Concept Gate Pitch
12
Day 11
Prototype & Present
π§ͺ Prototype Build and Test Plan
13
Day 12
π Data Review and Calculation Tune-Up
14
Day 13
π Peer Critique and Revision Round
15
Day 14
β Coast Guard Plan Review
16
Day 15
Showcase
π¨ Dive Safety Showcase Briefing