Learning Goals
Students will be able to generate a testable question about how crowd density affects protest safety and effectiveness
Students will be able to synthesize credible sources about crowd flow, emergency response, and protest organizing
Students will be able to plan and carry out an investigation of protest crowd movement using a simulation or collected data
Students will be able to process and represent data on crowd density and movement in graphs, maps, or models
Students will be able to interpret data about overcrowding to justify claims about safety risks and protest effectiveness
Students will be able to critique limitations and revise a crowd-safety investigation to improve data quality
Students will be able to communicate a scientifically grounded explanation of how protest organizers can reduce overcrowding risks
Products
Crowd Safety Research Brief and Annotated Prototype Sketch
Each student produces a short research brief based on firsthand observations, credible sources, and one testable question about protest crowding. The brief includes an annotated low-fidelity prototype sketch for a crowd-safety intervention that could be tested in the team design.
NYCLU Protest Crowd-Flow Safety Plan and Testable Prototype Presentation
Teams develop a shared problem statement and a higher-fidelity crowd-safety prototype or service plan for a realistic protest scenario. The presentation explains how individual research informed the team solution, how the design addresses user needs, and what evidence supports the final recommendations.
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