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Launch
Students will launch the investigation by gathering first-hand bioindicator evidence, building core understanding of how insects signal ecosystem health, and turning early observations into focused questions and an initial evidence-based claim.
Days 1 - 3
🦟 Stream Safari Clue Hunt
Launch 52m
📊 Bioindicator Patterns and Quick Graphs
Knowledge/Skill Building 52m
📝 CER Claim and Question Board
Deliverable 50m

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Question & Hypothesis
Students will turn launch observations into strong investigable questions, build evidence-based hypotheses about insect behavior and ecosystem health, and draft an initial evidence plan that connects bioindicators, habitat factors, and possible human impacts.
Days 4 - 9
🧭 Stream Clue Pattern Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building 52m
🧪 Fair Test Question Clinic
Knowledge/Skill Building 48m
📚 Bioindicator Evidence Jigsaw
Research 52m
✍️ Hypothesis and Evidence Map
Deliverable 52m
💬 Partner Feedback Tuning Round
Community Experience 52m
✅ Question and Hypothesis Defense
Assessment 52m

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Method & Measures
Students will finalize and defend a method for investigating native insect behavior and ecosystem health by refining variables, selecting tools and sampling locations, building data tables and graph templates, and revising an experimental proposal through peer and partner feedback.
Days 10 - 15
🧪 Fair Test Variables Clinic
Knowledge/Skill Building 52m
🗺️ Sampling Map and Tool Plan
Knowledge/Skill Building 52m
📊 Data Table and Graph Template Build
Knowledge/Skill Building 52m
📝 Experimental Proposal Draft
Deliverable 52m
💬 Proposal Critique and Revision
Project Work 52m
🛡️ Method Defense Checkpoint
Assessment 52m

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Field Data Collection
Students will carry out their approved field methods, document traceable aquatic insect and habitat evidence, create interim data displays, and refine data quality through partner and peer critique before moving into full analysis.
Days 16 - 21
🧭 Transect Notes and Sample Codes
Knowledge/Skill Building 42m
🦟 Stream Survey Round One
Community Experience 52m
📊 Interim Graphs and Pattern Notes
Knowledge/Skill Building 48m
🔁 Data Wall Peer Critique
Deliverable 44m
🌿 Stream Survey Round Two
Project Work 52m
✅ Evidence Log Quality Gate
Assessment 50m

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Analyze & Validate
Students will verify and clean their insect and habitat datasets, analyze biodiversity patterns with graphs, test their hypothesis against anomalies and limitations, and draft a claim-evidence-reasoning explanation that can be revised with peer and partner feedback before final products.
Days 22 - 27
🧪 Data Quality Check Protocol
Knowledge/Skill Building 52m
📊 Biodiversity Graphs in Sheets
Knowledge/Skill Building 52m
🌿 Bioindicator Pattern Sensemaking
Knowledge/Skill Building 48m
📝 CER Draft for Site Health
Deliverable 52m
🔁 Graph and CER Critique Round
Project Work 52m
🎯 Midpoint Evidence Defense
Assessment 52m

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Revise & Showcase
Students will strengthen their final conclusions by checking the quality of their evidence, revising claim-evidence-reasoning explanations, improving graphs and visuals, testing their communication with peers and partners, and preparing polished poster and briefing materials for the upcoming public showcase.
Days 28 - 33
🧠 CER Limits and Uncertainty Check
Knowledge/Skill Building 48m
📊 Graph and Biodiversity Storyboard
Knowledge/Skill Building 52m
📝 Poster and Briefing Draft Build
Deliverable 52m
🔁 Sticky-Note Rehearsal Gallery
Project Work 52m
🌿 Partner Review with Parks and Lab Staff
Community Experience 56m
✅ Showcase Readiness Defense
Assessment 50m

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Showcase
Students will present and defend their ecosystem health conclusions to community audiences, use final feedback to strengthen clarity and evidence, and complete a closing portfolio reflection that documents how their investigation methods, data interpretations, and habitat recommendations changed over time.
Days 34 - 36
🖼️ CER Poster Rehearsal Walk
Deliverable 48m
🌿 Stream Safari Showcase
Assessment 52m
📓 Investigation Portfolio Closeout
Deliverable 50m

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