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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
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
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
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
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
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