Students will launch the playground design project by noticing pushes and pulls during a guided playground experience, naming inclusive play needs, and beginning simple observation routines they will use in later investigations and model work.

Students will observe how pushes and pulls work on playground equipment, notice inclusion and access needs, gather simple measurement evidence, and organize their findings into empathy artifacts and questions that prepare them for design work.

Students will turn playground observations into a simple design brief, brainstorm several inclusive playground ideas, build quick low-fidelity models, test how pushes and pulls affect motion, and revise their prototypes using peer feedback and evidence.

Students will revise a playground element model through repeated testing, feedback, and redesign. They will use simple measurements and observations of pushes and pulls to improve how their model works and how it supports inclusive play, then prepare clear evidence and explanations for the design expo.

Students will share their revised playground element models with an authentic audience, explain how push and pull forces affect movement and inclusive play, gather final feedback, and reflect on how their design changed through testing and teamwork.