Discover
Discover
Students will investigate how overcrowding shapes protest safety and effectiveness, identify who is most affected, and frame evidence-based questions that will guide later research and investigation design.
Days 1 - 3
Examine
Examine
Students will investigate why protest overcrowding becomes dangerous or ineffective, evaluate evidence from scientific and civic sources, plan and analyze a crowd-flow investigation, and use feedback to refine a research-backed direction for a crowd-safety solution for the NYCLU and fire department.
Days 4 - 17
Engineer
Engineer
Students will turn their research findings into tested design ideas for safer, more effective protests by studying strong examples, writing a testable hypothesis, planning a prototype, gathering user feedback, and revising their solution based on evidence from peers and community partners.
Days 18 - 26
Do
Do
Students will pilot their crowd-safety solutions in a realistic simulation, collect evidence on movement and risk, revise based on peer and user-centered feedback, and document whether their recommendations could help local organizers run safer, more effective protests.
Days 27 - 29
Share
Share
Students will present the impact of their protest crowd-safety work to an authentic audience and document how their scientific reasoning, design decisions, and professional identity as community organizers developed across the project.
Day 30
Discover
Days 1–3
Day 1
🚦 Protest Crowd Scenario Launch
Launch
60m
Day 2
🧭 Challenge Definition
Deliverable
60m
Day 3
👥 End User Overview
Deliverable
60m
Examine
Days 4–17
Day 4
🧭 NYCLU Safety Evidence Map
Launch
45m
Day 5
📚 Credible Crowd-Flow Sources
Knowledge/Skill Building
60m
Day 6
📝 Source Evaluation Report
Deliverable
75m
Day 7
🚒 Fire Department Q&A Notes
Community Experience
60m
Day 8
❓ Testable Protest Questions
Knowledge/Skill Building
60m
Day 9
🗺️ Route Bottleneck Root Causes
Deliverable
75m
Day 10
🎯 Simulation Method and Variables
Knowledge/Skill Building
60m
Day 11
🏃 Crowd Movement Trial Run
Project Work
60m
Day 12
📊 Graphs and Density Maps
Project Work
60m
Day 13
🔍 Peer Review on Data Claims
Research
45m
Day 14
🛠️ Revised Investigation Notes
Deliverable
60m
Day 15
💡 Solution Proposal
Deliverable
75m
Day 16
🗣️ NYCLU Feedback and Revision
Assessment
60m
Day 17
Engineer
Days 18–26
Day 18
🧭 Protest Route Criteria Sprint
Knowledge/Skill Building
60m
Day 19
📊 Bottleneck Map Mini-Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building
60m
🧪 Hypothesis
Deliverable
45m
Day 20
🔎 Exemplar Exploration
Deliverable
60m
Day 21
🗺️ Creation Plan
Deliverable
60m
Day 22
✏️ Prototype Build and User Flow
Project Work
75m
Day 23
🗣️ Feedback Carousel with NYCLU Lens
Community Experience
60m
Day 24
🚒 Fire Department Design Check
Community Experience
60m
Day 25
📝 Solution Development Report
Deliverable
60m
Day 26
Do
Days 27–29
Day 27
🗺️ Implementation and Data Collection Plan
Deliverable
50m
Day 28
🎥 Route Test and Peer Revision
Project Work
70m
Day 29
📊 Implementation Results
Deliverable
60m
Share
Days 30–30
Day 30
🌱 Growth Reflection
Assessment
60m
September 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
21
Day 1
Discover
🚦 Protest Crowd Scenario Launch
22
Day 2
🧭 Challenge Definition
23
Day 3
👥 End User Overview
24
Day 4
Examine
🧭 NYCLU Safety Evidence Map
25
Day 5
📚 Credible Crowd-Flow Sources
28
Day 6
📝 Source Evaluation Report
29
Day 7
🚒 Fire Department Q&A Notes
30
Day 8
❓ Testable Protest Questions
1
Day 9
🗺️ Route Bottleneck Root Causes
2
Day 10
🎯 Simulation Method and Variables
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
5
Day 11
🏃 Crowd Movement Trial Run
6
Day 12
📊 Graphs and Density Maps
7
Day 13
🔍 Peer Review on Data Claims
8
Day 14
🛠️ Revised Investigation Notes
9
Day 15
💡 Solution Proposal
12
Day 16
🗣️ NYCLU Feedback and Revision
13
Day 17
14
Day 18
Engineer
🧭 Protest Route Criteria Sprint
15
Day 19
📊 Bottleneck Map Mini-Lab
🧪 Hypothesis
16
Day 20
🔎 Exemplar Exploration
19
Day 21
🗺️ Creation Plan
20
Day 22
✏️ Prototype Build and User Flow
21
Day 23
🗣️ Feedback Carousel with NYCLU Lens
22
Day 24
🚒 Fire Department Design Check
23
Day 25
📝 Solution Development Report
26
Day 26
27
Day 27
Do
🗺️ Implementation and Data Collection Plan
28
Day 28
🎥 Route Test and Peer Revision
29
Day 29
📊 Implementation Results
30
Day 30
Share
🌱 Growth Reflection