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Plan
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Launch
Students will launch the water-and-civilization project by investigating mystery evidence, building background knowledge about geography and water systems, analyzing texts and images, and making first evidence-based claims that connect ancient settlement patterns to present-day water access questions.
Days 1 - 5
🗂️ Indus Case File Kickoff
Launch 50m
🗺️ Water Trail Clue Stations
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
💧 Water Cycle and River Settlements
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
📘 A Long Walk and Evidence Notes
Research 50m
🧾 Case Report Claim Check
Assessment 50m
Empathy & Evidence
Students will gather and analyze evidence about water access through texts, maps, artifacts, local case studies, and direct community-informed research. They will check assumptions, practice empathy interview skills, synthesize patterns across sources, and produce a structured empathy artifact that identifies user needs before moving into solution design.
Days 6 - 14
🗂️ Indus Case File Reopen
Launch 50m
🧭 Water Access Interview Practice
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
💧 Queens Water Connection Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🌦️ Water Cycle and Availability Model
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
📚 A Long Walk Sources Jigsaw
Research 50m
🎤 Queens Water User Interviews
Community Experience 50m
🧩 Insight Clusters and Need Statements
Project Work 55m
📝 Empathy Board Draft Critique
Deliverable 50m
✅ Evidence-Based Empathy Portfolio Check
Assessment 45m
Define Design Brief
Students will synthesize user research, historical evidence, literary and informational texts, maps, and community case studies into an evidence-based How Might We statement and a prioritized design brief for a civic water solution.
Days 15 - 23
🧩 Evidence Patterns on Water Need Maps
Launch 50m
📝 Strong How Might We Moves
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🗺️ Queens and River Valley Case Compare
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
💧 Water Cycle Limits and Access
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
📌 Design Brief Criteria Sort
Project Work 50m
🗣️ Librarian and DEP Problem Check
Community Experience 50m
🔄 HMW Critique Circle Revision
Deliverable 50m
📄 Design Brief Draft Conference
Deliverable 50m
✅ Evidence-Based Brief Checkpoint
Assessment 50m
Generate Multiple Concepts
Students will use their research portfolios, empathy notes, maps, text evidence, and design briefs to generate several distinct civic action concepts about water access. They will study how strong ideas connect to user needs, geography, and water systems, then sketch, compare, critique, and revise concepts before selecting a direction to carry into prototyping.
Days 24 - 32
🧭 Design Brief Criteria Sort
Launch 45m
📚 Civic Action Mentor Texts
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
💧 Water Systems Idea Check
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🧠 Crazy 8 Water Concepts
Project Work 50m
🗺️ Concept Evidence Match-Up
Research 50m
🗣️ Two-Peer Concept Critique
Deliverable 50m
🏛️ Queens Expert Concept Consult
Community Experience 45m
📄 Concept One-Pagers
Deliverable 55m
✅ Concept Gate Decision
Assessment 50m
Prototype & Test
Students will turn their water-access concepts into low-fidelity prototypes, test them with peers and outside users, analyze feedback against evidence from ancient and modern water case studies, and complete two visible revision cycles before committing to a stronger civic action direction.
Days 33 - 41
🧪 Prototype Testing Moves
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🛠️ Water Action Prototype Sprint
Project Work 50m
🗺️ Evidence Check for Prototype Claims
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🗣️ Peer Test Round One
Deliverable 50m
🔁 Revision Cycle One Build
Project Work 50m
🌊 DEP or Library User Feedback
Community Experience 50m
📊 Feedback Patterns and Trade-Offs
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🧱 Revision Cycle Two Prototype
Deliverable 50m
✅ Prototype Readiness Checkpoint
Assessment 45m
Refine & Present
Students will refine their water-access civic action prototypes using evidence from prior testing, complete a final validation round with a new or representative user, and prepare a stakeholder-facing presentation that explains the problem, evidence, design changes, and next steps.
Days 42 - 50
🧭 Final Feedback Patterns Board
Launch 50m
🗺️ Stronger Evidence for Exhibit Boards
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🛠️ Prototype Revision Studio
Project Work 100m
🎤 New User Validation Interviews
Community Experience 50m
📝 Compare-and-Contrast Evidence Paragraph
Deliverable 50m
🤝 Tuning Protocol on Slide Decks
Deliverable 50m
🌧️ Water Cycle and Impact Check
Assessment 30m
🖼️ Exhibit Board Build and Rehearsal
Project Work 50m
✅ Stakeholder Presentation Readiness Conference
Assessment 20m
Showcase
Students will present their Ancient-to-Queens water research and civic action prototypes to authentic audiences, respond to stakeholder feedback, and complete a final reflection portfolio that shows how their understanding of geography, water, evidence, and design changed across the project.
Days 51 - 55
🗣️ River to City Dress Rehearsal
Deliverable 50m
🖼️ Showcase Board Final Revisions
Project Work 50m
🌍 Water Shapes Civilization Expo
Community Experience 50m
📋 Portfolio and Presentation Defense
Assessment 50m
🪞 Geography Impact Reflection Conference
Assessment 50m