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Plan
By Phase By Day Calendar
Empathize
Students will investigate the campus woodland and the people connected to it by comparing healthy habitat conditions to the school site, documenting species and site features in field notebooks, gathering early stakeholder input, and turning observations into a first evidence-based understanding of what the land could become.
Days 1 - 7
🌿 Ozark Habitat Field Launch
Launch 60m
🧭 Campus Woodland First-Walk Notes
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
📘 Invasive Species and Site Clues
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
🗣️ Stakeholder Interview Sprint
Community Experience 60m
🧩 User Needs Affinity Map
Project Work 65m
📝 Field Notebook Portfolio Check
Deliverable 55m
🚦 Problem Framing Conference
Assessment 60m
Define
Students will synthesize site evidence, user input, and ecological findings to define a community-centered problem statement for the campus woodland. They will sort patterns from field notebooks and surveys, examine how human activity and habitat conditions shape possible uses, and refine a clear design challenge that can guide later ideation and proposal work.
Days 8 - 13
🧭 Site Evidence Pattern Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
🌿 Biodiversity and Disturbance Claims
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
👥 Stakeholder Needs Affinity Map
Research 60m
✍️ Problem Statement Studio
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🔁 Problem Statement Feedback Round
Deliverable 60m
📌 Woodland Problem Statement Checkpoint
Assessment 60m
Ideate
Students will generate and compare multiple land-use possibilities for the campus woodland by using prior field data, community needs, and ecological constraints to sketch, critique, revise, and narrow toward promising redesign directions.
Days 14 - 21
🧭 Site Criteria and Tradeoffs
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
🌿 Model Campus Redesign Review
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
📐 Zone Sketches with Scale
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
💡 Eight Woodland Use Concepts
Project Work 60m
🗂️ Affinity Map and Problem Fit
Deliverable 60m
✏️ Three Concept Boards
Project Work 70m
🔁 Peer Critique on Concept Boards
Deliverable 60m
✅ Concept Selection Matrix
Assessment 60m
Draft
Students will turn their research, maps, user-needs findings, and site data into first-round land-use prototypes for the campus woodland. They will learn just-in-time drafting and modeling techniques, build evidence-based concept artifacts, participate in structured critique cycles, and revise toward a clearer team proposal that can be tested in the next phase.
Days 22 - 32
📐 Scale Maps for Property Zones
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
🌿 Habitat Constraints Mini Models
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🧭 Decision Matrix for Land Uses
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
📝 Team Problem Statement Revision
Deliverable 45m
✏️ Concept Sketches and Zone Overlays
Project Work 60m
🗣️ Peer Critique on Site Concepts
Project Work 55m
🧱 Woodland Prototype Build
Project Work 120m
📊 Evidence Panels for Prototype Claims
Deliverable 60m
🔁 Draft Revision Studio
Project Work 65m
✅ Draft Prototype Milestone Review
Assessment 60m
Test
Students will test their draft land-use proposals with peers and campus stakeholders, collect feedback tied to user needs and ecological evidence, revise maps and models, and document how testing changes their recommendation.
Days 33 - 40
🧭 Testing Questions and Feedback Codes
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🗺️ Scenario Walkthrough with Zone Maps
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
👥 Peer Protocol on Proposal Boards
Deliverable 60m
🏫 Stakeholder Interviews on Campus Use
Community Experience 60m
📊 Feedback Sorting and Tradeoff Matrix
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
✏️ Revised Maps and Use Plan
Project Work 70m
🔁 Second Peer Check on Revisions
Deliverable 50m
✅ Testing Evidence Checkpoint
Assessment 60m
Critique
Students will use structured critique protocols to strengthen their campus land-use proposals, test the alignment between evidence and recommendations, revise maps and design artifacts based on peer and stakeholder feedback, and prepare a stronger justification for the next phase.
Days 41 - 47
🧭 Critique Protocol for Pitch Decks
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
📊 Evidence Gaps in Zone Maps
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
🗺️ Gallery Walk of Property Zones
Deliverable 60m
🧪 Tradeoff Check with Decision Matrix
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
✏️ Revise Maps and Proposal Slides
Project Work 75m
🎤 Stakeholder Questions Roundtable
Community Experience 60m
✅ Revised Proposal Milestone
Assessment 60m
Notice & Reflect
Students will synthesize evidence from their field notebooks, maps, surveys, and redesign work to prepare a polished public exhibition and leadership pitch, participate in one final critique-and-revision cycle, present their proposal to authentic audiences, and document how their scientific understanding, design reasoning, and collaboration developed across the project.
Days 48 - 54
🗂️ Field Notebook Evidence Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🖼️ Open House Storyboard Rehearsal
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🛠️ Proposal Deck Revision Sprint
Project Work 60m
💬 Two-Team Feedback Carousel
Deliverable 60m
🎤 Leadership Pitch and Q&A
Assessment 60m
🏫 Campus Woodland Open House
Community Experience 90m
✍️ Notice and Reflect Portfolio Letter
Deliverable 50m