Students will launch the project as environmental engineers by safely investigating classroom airflow, defining the indoor air-pollution challenge, identifying affected end users, and developing inquiry questions for the Examine phase.

Students will work as environmental engineers to evaluate sources, analyze classroom and stakeholder evidence, identify root causes of indoor air-pollution hotspots, and propose a research-supported solution for crowded NYC schools.

Students will apply airflow science, systems thinking, and engineering criteria to plan, build, review, and revise a safe small-scale solution for reducing classroom air-pollution hotspots.

Students will implement controlled tests of their classroom airflow or filtration prototypes, collect comparable evidence, evaluate competing designs, and revise their solutions before the NYC design review.

Students will present their tested classroom airflow or filtration prototypes and engineering briefs to an authentic audience, respond to evidence-based feedback, and document their growth as environmental engineers.