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Plan
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Discover
Students will launch the clean school energy project, observe real energy-use problems in their school community, identify who is affected, and produce early evidence-based artifacts that frame the challenge and guide deeper investigation in the next phase.
Days 1 - 4
🌍 School Energy Challenge Launch
Launch 35m
🔎 Energy Hot Spot Walk
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
📝 Challenge Definition
Deliverable 45m
👥 End User Overview
Deliverable 40m
Examine
Students will investigate how energy moves through school systems, study how electricity sources affect air quality, gather information from community partners and texts, analyze causes of wasted energy, compare possible cleaner solutions, and use evidence plus feedback to choose a promising idea for the next phase.
Days 5 - 20
240 min over capacity (640 min available across 16 days)
⚡ School Energy Flow Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 80m
🌫️ Fuels, Air, and Electricity
Knowledge/Skill Building 80m
🏙️ Questions for Energy Experts
Community Experience 80m
🔎 Source Evaluation Report
Deliverable 80m
🧭 Energy Waste Pattern Hunt
Research 80m
🕸️ Root Cause Analysis
Deliverable 80m
📏 Criteria and Constraints Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building 80m
💡 Clean Energy Idea Sprint
Project Work 80m
🗣️ Solution Proposal
Deliverable 80m
🔁 Proposal Feedback Carousel
Project Work 80m
🎯 Evidence Check Conference
Assessment 80m
Engineer
Students will design a school-friendly clean energy solution by studying strong examples, turning research into criteria-based plans, building and revising prototypes, and documenting how evidence and feedback shape their design choices before moving into formal testing.
Days 21 - 30
🚀 School Energy Design Sprint
Launch 40m
🔍 Exemplar Exploration
Deliverable 40m
⚡ Energy Transfer in Model Devices
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🌍 Cleaner Energy Trade-Off Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🧭 Creation Plan
Deliverable 40m
🛠️ Prototype Build Round One
Project Work 40m
🧪 Hypothesis
Deliverable 30m
💬 Prototype Feedback Carousel
Project Work 40m
🔧 Revise and Recheck Prototype
Project Work 40m
📝 Solution Development Report
Deliverable 40m
Do
Students will carry out a fair test of their clean school energy model, collect evidence with simple measurement tools, study whether the results match user needs and pollution-reduction goals, and revise their thinking before the final pitch.
Days 31 - 33
🧪 Fair Test Setup for Energy Models
Knowledge/Skill Building 20m
Implementation and Data Collection Plan
Deliverable 20m
Implementation Results
Deliverable 40m
🔍 Data-to-Revision Conference Notes
Project Work 40m
Share
Students will finalize and present their tested clean-energy solution to authentic community audiences, then document how their science understanding, design decisions, collaboration, and communication grew across the project.
Days 34 - 35
🎤 Clean Energy Pitch Showcase
Assessment 45m
📝 Growth Reflection
Assessment 35m