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Launch
Students will launch the Artistic Alchemist investigation by experiencing color change firsthand, studying what strong pigment evidence looks like, and drafting focused investigable questions they will carry into the next phase.
Days 1 - 3
🧪 Seed-to-Color Lab Rotations
Launch 70m
🖼️ Sample Portfolio Evidence Challenge
Knowledge/Skill Building 70m
❓ Question Tuning Studio Circle
Deliverable 70m

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Seed-to-Color Mystery
Students will examine changing natural pigment evidence, build chemistry and natural-resource background, and use structured critique to draft a focused investigable question and hypothesis about how one condition may affect color and stability.
Days 4 - 9
🧪 Mystery Swatch Evidence Sort
Launch 70m
⚗️ Acid-Base Heat Color Models
Knowledge/Skill Building 70m
🌿 Pigment Origins and Star Matter
Research 70m
📝 Testable Question and Hypothesis Draft
Deliverable 70m
🗣️ Question Critique Studio Circle
Project Work 70m
✅ Investigation Question Checkpoint
Assessment 60m

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Plan Evidence Method
Students will turn their draft investigation ideas into a defensible testing method by refining variables, planning repeated trials, building a traceable documentation system, and improving their plans through peer and teacher feedback before they begin formal pigment testing.
Days 10 - 15
🧪 Variables and Fair-Test Map
Knowledge/Skill Building 70m
📓 Swatch Log and Color Scale
Knowledge/Skill Building 70m
⚠️ Pigment Safety and Source Notes
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
🧫 Trial Plan Draft
Deliverable 70m
💬 Method Critique Studio Circle
Project Work 80m
✅ Investigation Plan Approval
Assessment 70m

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Run Trials Systematically
Students will run repeated pigment trials with plants, soils, and minerals using their approved methods, document each condition carefully in process journals, create labeled swatches, check evidence quality through peer critique and a milestone review, and prepare a complete data set for pattern analysis in the next phase.
Days 16 - 21
🧪 Trial Setup and Evidence Check
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🌿 Plant Pigment Trial Series
Project Work 70m
🪨 Soil and Mineral Trial Series
Project Work 70m
📏 Color Comparison Mini-Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
💬 Studio Circle Evidence Critique
Deliverable 70m
✅ Swatch Notebook Milestone
Assessment 70m

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Analyze Patterns Midpoint
Students will analyze midpoint pigment evidence by organizing trial data, comparing patterns across swatches and notes, identifying anomalies, defending tentative claims, and revising procedures or hypotheses before the next round of investigation.
Days 22 - 27
📊 Swatch Data to Color Graphs
Knowledge/Skill Building 70m
🧪 Reaction Patterns and Anomalies
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
🎨 Ellen Pickens Critique Notes
Community Experience 70m
🗣️ Midpoint Studio Circle Claims
Deliverable 70m
📝 Trial Revision Plan
Project Work 80m
🌌 Material Origins Evidence Check
Assessment 70m

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Explain & Showcase Findings
Students will synthesize pigment investigation evidence into defensible conclusions, revise explanations and display materials through critique, and assemble gallery-ready portfolios and color works that show the path from raw material to usable color.
Days 28 - 32
🧪 Claim-Evidence Reasoning Conference
Knowledge/Skill Building 70m
⭐ Elements-to-Pigments Artist Notes
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
🖼️ Portfolio Wall Peer Critique
Deliverable 70m
🎨 Gallery Installation Revision Sprint
Project Work 85m
🧾 Pigment Portfolio Readiness Check
Assessment 70m

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Showcase
Students will present their pigment investigations and color studies to an authentic audience, use critique to strengthen how they communicate evidence, and complete a final reflection on how chemistry, artistic choices, and collaboration shaped their gallery work.
Days 33 - 35
🖼️ Gallery Walk Revision Notes
Deliverable 65m
🎨 Alchemy Gallery Night
Community Experience 70m
📓 Final Portfolio Reflection
Assessment 70m

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