Learning Goals
Students will be able to analyze shelter-animal nutrition, care, enrichment, environmental, and adoption-compatibility needs using reliable evidence to support responsible pet ownership.
Students will be able to investigate the experiences and needs of shelter staff, veterinarians, fosters, rescuers, animals, and prospective adopters to define a human-centered animal-welfare problem.
Students will be able to develop and iteratively refine a Scratch program that uses sprites, algorithms, control structures, and conditionals to teach species-specific pet-food safety.
Students will be able to create animal-welfare art and music that use safe materials, species-appropriate practices, and artistic elements to communicate meaning to a community audience.
Students will be able to curate accurate and accessible adoption, fostering, and responsible-care information for print and digital publication while applying copyright and digital-citizenship practices.
Students will be able to collaborate through feedback, reflection, and revision to improve a community solution and evaluate its impact using attendance, website visits, brochure pickups, auction bids, and partner feedback.
Products
Animal Adoption Readiness Research and Design Portfolio
Each student will submit an evidence-based portfolio containing an adoption-readiness analysis, stakeholder-needs synthesis, Scratch code explanation, art and music rationale, publication review, revised drafts, and Growth Zone reflection. The portfolio demonstrates individual mastery of animal welfare, human-centered design, computational thinking, ethical communication, and impact evaluation.
Winter Concert and Animal Adoption Support Experience
Each team will design, test, revise, and present a coordinated public experience featuring a Scratch pet-food-safety game, adoption and care resources for the project website and brochures, and animal-welfare art and music contributions. Teams will use partner feedback and event data to evaluate how effectively the experience supports BCAS and helps families make informed adoption, fostering, and pet-care decisions.
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