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Launch
Students will launch the investigation by testing early explanations for European expansion, gathering local biodiversity evidence, analyzing contrasting pre- and post-contact ecosystem records, and drafting their first evidence-based inquiry question in a research notebook.
Days 1 - 4
⚖️ Colonization Cause Courtroom - Nelson
Launch 50m
🌿 Campus Biodiversity Transect - Kumnick
Community Experience 50m
🗺️ Before-and-After Evidence Sort - Kumnick
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
📓 Investigation Question Checkpoint - Nelson
Assessment 45m

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Curiosity Investigation
Students will investigate a puzzling set of ecological and historical evidence, generate a focused question, test possible explanations against multiple sources, and draft a hypothesis with a brief evidence-based rationale about how European colonization reshaped Earth systems and human activity.
Days 5 - 9
🗺️ Region Evidence Sort - Kumnick
Launch 50m
📚 Corroborating Maps and Sources - Nelson
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
❓ Investigation Question Workshop - Nelson
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🗣️ Question and Hypothesis Critique - Nelson
Project Work 50m
📝 Hypothesis and Rationale Checkpoint - Nelson
Assessment 50m

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Method & Evidence Plan
Students will refine a credible investigation method for comparing pre- and post-contact ecosystems and human systems, peer review each team’s approach, and build a traceable evidence tracker that links every developing claim to cited sources, ecological indicators, and planned representations.
Days 10 - 14
10 min over capacity (250 min available across 5 days)
Colonization Evidence Chain Builder
Project Work 55m
🗺️ Comparing Regions with Evidence Frames
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
📋 Evidence Tracker Build
Project Work 55m
🗣️ Method Critique Circle
Deliverable 50m
✅ Method Plan Gate
Assessment 50m

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Collect And Document Data
Students will gather and document traceable ecosystem and historical evidence for their selected regions, compare pre- and post-contact conditions, and prepare organized records, summaries, and source-backed datasets for later modeling and exhibit design.
Days 15 - 19
🧭 Source Trail and Anomaly Log - Nelson
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🗺️ Region Evidence Harvest - Nelson
Research 50m
📊 Biodiversity Tables to Trend Graphs - Kumnick
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🧩 Evidence Tracker Critique Swap - Kumnick
Deliverable 50m
✅ Dataset Readiness Checkpoint - Kumnick
Assessment 50m

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Model And Midpoint Check
Students will convert their collected ecological and historical evidence into a first computational representation, test whether their model shows defensible cause-and-effect relationships, and revise both their model and claim using structured peer critique and midpoint assessment feedback.
Days 20 - 24
🗺️ Earth Systems Model Patterns - Kumnick
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
💻 Draft Region Change Model - Both
Project Work 50m
🗣️ Midpoint Critique Circle - Nelson
Deliverable 50m
🖼️ Model Gallery Walk Revisions - Both
Project Work 55m
✅ Midpoint Model Defense - Both
Assessment 50m

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Analyze And Present Findings
Students will finalize their analysis of colonization’s ecological and historical effects by testing claims against counterevidence, refining visual representations, and polishing exhibit materials for public sharing. They will use peer critique and milestone checks to strengthen accuracy, causation reasoning, and clarity before the showcase phase.
Days 25 - 29
📊 Evidence Patterns and Anomalies Board
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🧭 Causation Test with Source Sets - Nelson
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🗺️ Museum Panels and Data Visuals Draft - Both
Deliverable 50m
🗣️ Critique Circle for Exhibit Claims - Kumnick
Project Work 50m
✅ Polished Exhibit Set Checkpoint - Both
Assessment 50m

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Showcase
Students will present their completed museum displays and showcase stations to an authentic audience, defend scientific and historical claims with evidence, gather visitor and peer feedback, and complete a final reflection on how their investigation changed their understanding of colonization’s lasting ecological and human impacts.
Days 30 - 32
🛠️ Exhibit Run-Through and Revisions - Both
Project Work 50m
🏛️ Earth Systems Museum Showcase - Both
Community Experience 50m
📝 Defended Claim and Learning Log - Both
Assessment 50m

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