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Launch
Students will launch the habitat investigation project by noticing biodiversity clues, learning core field methods, practicing careful observation with simple survey tools, generating testable questions about local organisms and habitat conditions, and using feedback to refine an investigation focus that can guide the next phase.
Days 1 - 7
🧩 Biodiversity Mystery Walk
Launch 53m
🧰 Survey Tools Lab Jam
Knowledge/Skill Building 53m
📓 Field Notes and Sketch Maps
Knowledge/Skill Building 53m
🌿 Nature Center Clue Talk
Community Experience 53m
❓ Testable Question Studio
Knowledge/Skill Building 53m
🔁 Question Feedback Round
Deliverable 53m
🚦 Investigation Focus Checkpoint
Assessment 53m

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Mystery Observation Walk
Students will investigate puzzling local ecosystem evidence, generate and refine testable questions about organisms and habitat conditions, and develop a team hypothesis grounded in observed natural and human-caused changes.
Days 8 - 17
🧭 Biodiversity Mystery Walk Clues
Launch 53m
🌿 Field Notes and Species Clues
Knowledge/Skill Building 53m
🗺️ Schoolyard Habitat Clue Map
Project Work 53m
❓ Testable Habitat Question Clinic
Knowledge/Skill Building 53m
🔁 Question Swap Feedback Round
Deliverable 53m
💧 Partner Talk with Habitat Scientist
Community Experience 53m
📚 Human Impact Evidence Sort
Research 53m
🧪 Hypothesis and Rationale Draft
Deliverable 53m
🗣️ Two-Peer Hypothesis Tuning
Project Work 53m
✅ Question and Hypothesis Gate
Assessment 53m

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Plan Evidence Methods
Students will turn their investigation questions into workable field methods by selecting sampling approaches, identification tools, comparison variables, and data-recording systems they can actually use in a schoolyard, trail, or stream study. They will test and revise their plans through peer critique, a community science check, and a short pilot so they can enter data collection with a clear, realistic, evidence-focused protocol.
Days 18 - 27
🧭 Method Match for Habitat Questions
Knowledge/Skill Building 53m
🗺️ Field Notes, Maps, and Sketch Codes
Knowledge/Skill Building 53m
🔍 Species ID With Dichotomous Keys
Knowledge/Skill Building 53m
🧪 Survey Tool Trial Run
Project Work 53m
📝 Investigation Plan Draft
Deliverable 53m
💬 Protocol Feedback Carousel
Project Work 53m
🌿 Partner Protocol Check
Community Experience 53m
🚶 Pilot Sampling at the Site
Project Work 53m
🔁 Revision Log and Data Quality Plan
Deliverable 53m
✅ Investigation Plan Approval
Assessment 53m

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Collect Site Data
Students will carry out repeated field investigations in a schoolyard, trail, or stream setting, using agreed-on sampling routines, species identification tools, annotated sketches, maps, and data tables to build a reliable record of habitat conditions and organism evidence. They will compare data quality across visits, revise weak parts of their methods after peer and teacher feedback, and prepare a midpoint evidence packet that shows what they have found so far, what remains uncertain, and how their next round of data collection will improve.
Days 28 - 37
🧭 Field Notebook Calibration
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
📏 Survey Tool Reliability Check
Knowledge/Skill Building 53m
🌿 Schoolyard Survey Round 1
Project Work 53m
🪲 Species ID and Anomaly Notes
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🗺️ Trail or Stream Survey Round 2
Project Work 53m
🔄 Midpoint Data Critique Protocol
Deliverable 53m
🧪 Protocol Revision Conference
Deliverable 40m
👣 Revised Survey Round 3
Project Work 53m
🤝 Watershed Partner Evidence Check
Community Experience 53m
📂 Repeated Data Readiness Check
Assessment 45m

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Analyze Visual Evidence
Students will organize and clean repeated habitat data, build graphs, maps, and evidence panels, test interpretations against anomalies, and revise their analysis through peer and teacher feedback before locking in evidence-based claims for the next phase.
Days 38 - 47
🧹 Clean Habitat Data Tables
Knowledge/Skill Building 53m
📊 Graph Biodiversity Patterns
Knowledge/Skill Building 53m
🗺️ Build Site Change Maps
Project Work 53m
🔍 Read Anomalies and Limits
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🧪 Draft Evidence Panels
Deliverable 53m
💬 Critique Graphs and Claims
Project Work 53m
✏️ Revise Findings With Feedback
Project Work 53m
🌿 Interpret Human Impact Evidence
Community Experience 53m
🚦 Analysis Milestone Conference
Assessment 53m
🧠 Worthwhile Learning Debrief
Deliverable 40m

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Present Evidence Claims
Students will turn analyzed habitat evidence into clear scientific claims, recommendations, and exhibition-ready communication products. They will strengthen conclusions by naming limitations, testing how well their visuals and reasoning hold up under critique, revising after peer and partner feedback, and preparing for public sharing of their schoolyard, trail, or stream investigation findings.
Days 48 - 57
🧠 Claims From Habitat Data
Knowledge/Skill Building 53m
📏 Limits and Causation Check
Knowledge/Skill Building 53m
🖼️ Expo Poster Blueprint
Knowledge/Skill Building 53m
🛠️ Build Poster and Slide Drafts
Project Work 53m
🔁 Two-Peer Poster Critique
Deliverable 53m
🌿 Partner Feedback Roundtable
Community Experience 53m
✍️ Revise Conclusions and Recommendations
Project Work 53m
🎤 Investigation Talk Rehearsal
Deliverable 53m
✅ Expo Readiness Check
Assessment 53m
🗣️ Worthwhile Learning Circle
Launch 30m

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Showcase
Students will present their completed habitat investigations to authentic audiences, respond to questions with evidence, revise final display elements based on feedback, and reflect on what they learned about biodiversity, human impact, and the value of the investigation experience.
Days 58 - 64
🎤 Expo Talk Moves
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🧪 Final Poster Polish
Project Work 53m
🔁 Two-Team Feedback Round
Deliverable 53m
🌿 Partner Question Clinic
Community Experience 53m
🖼️ Habitat Detective Expo
Assessment 106m
📊 Before-and-After Evidence Check
Assessment 40m
💬 What Stays With Me
Deliverable 26m

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