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Launch
Students will launch the enclosure design challenge by analyzing habitat clues, building shared science vocabulary about animal survival needs, and gathering early user-centered evidence from a community expert before defining an initial enclosure problem.
Days 1 - 3
🕵️ Habitat Clue Match Quest
Launch 45m
📚 Survival Needs Evidence Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🎥 Ranger Needs Notes
Deliverable 45m

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Research & Plan
Students will gather firsthand and text-based evidence about one animal’s habitat needs, traits, and group behaviors, then turn that evidence into an empathy artifact and a list of assumptions and constraints to guide enclosure design.
Days 4 - 8
🦴 Animal Needs Field Notes
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🧬 Trait-and-Behavior Evidence Cards
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🎥 Ranger Questions and User Quotes
Community Experience 45m
🗺️ Empathy Map and Constraint Sort
Project Work 45m
🔎 Problem Statement Peer Tuning
Assessment 45m

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Define & Synthesize
Students will sort and synthesize their research, define the enclosure problem with evidence and user needs, and create a feedback-informed design brief that lists measurable habitat requirements before moving into idea generation.
Days 9 - 13
🧩 Evidence Sort for Survival Needs
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
📋 Design Brief with User Needs
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
📊 Needs-and-Evidence Matrix Build
Research 45m
💬 Matrix Feedback and Revision
Deliverable 45m
✅ Habitat Design Brief Checkpoint
Assessment 45m

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Ideate & Choose
Students will generate several evidence-based enclosure ideas, compare them with a simple decision tool, gather peer and expert feedback, and choose one habitat direction to carry into prototyping.
Days 14 - 18
🧭 Habitat Layouts That Fit Evidence
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
✏️ Three Enclosure Sketch Ideas
Project Work 45m
🗣️ Animal-Need Feedback Carousel
Deliverable 45m
📋 Choice Rubric and User Check
Community Experience 45m
📝 Chosen Habitat Concept Brief
Assessment 45m

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Prototype & Present
Students will turn their enclosure ideas into testable prototypes, gather feedback from peers and a community partner, revise their blueprint and model at least twice, and prepare a short evidence-based presentation about how their design supports animal survival and group behavior.
Days 19 - 23
🧩 Habitat Model Materials Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
✏️ Blueprint to Prototype Build
Project Work 45m
💬 Animal-Need Feedback Round
Deliverable 45m
🦒 Zoo Educator Validation Visit
Community Experience 45m
🎤 Evidence Talk Rehearsal Check
Assessment 45m

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Showcase
Students will present their finished habitat blueprints and 3D enclosure models to an authentic audience, explain how evidence and feedback shaped their designs, answer questions about animal survival and group behavior, and capture final feedback from visitors and peers.
Days 24 - 25
🦊 Critter Conservation Showcase
Assessment 45m
📝 Sticky-Note Revision Check
Deliverable 45m

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