Students will launch the Giant’s Causeway investigation by analyzing anchor evidence, identifying the visitor-protection challenge, defining the end user, and drafting inquiry questions that will guide later research and model building.

Students will analyze geology sources, identify cause-and-effect relationships behind basalt column formation and ongoing change, and use evidence to propose one interpretive solution for site visitors and managers.

Students will analyze strong geology communication examples, make a testable prediction about how their interpretive product will help visitors understand Giant’s Causeway and protect the site, and produce a concise team plan that documents an initial design, feedback, and revisions.

Students will implement and test their Giant’s Causeway interpretive products with classmates acting as site visitors, collect evidence about how well the products explain basalt formation and landscape change, and use that evidence to make a justified claim about effectiveness and next improvements.

Students will present their Giant’s Causeway interpretive products, analyze audience response and evidence of impact, and complete a final reflection that explains how their scientific understanding, collaboration, communication, and protection message developed across the project.