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Launch
Students will enter the Living Words Newsroom, examine local place evidence, learn foundational production practices, and create a short response to the essential question. They will establish questions for future research, select a voice pathway, exchange peer feedback, revise a first recording or performance, and complete their weekly reflection.
Days 1 - 3
🏙️ Living Words Newsroom
Launch 45m
🎙️ Voice Pathway Production Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🎧 City Voice Rough Cut
Deliverable 45m

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Research & Empathize
Students will gather firsthand and source-based evidence about shared-space users, Kumeyaay perspectives, local wildlife, and civic participation, then organize their findings in a Connection-to-Place Evidence Portfolio for the next design phase.
Days 4 - 9
🗳️ Voting Rights and Fair Choices
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🌿 Campus Bioblitz Evidence Map
Project Work 45m
🪶 Kumeyaay Source Cards
Research 45m
🎤 Interview and Measurement Practice
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
📏 Shared-Space User Investigation
Community Experience 45m
🗂️ Place Evidence Portfolio Gate
Assessment 45m

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Define & Frame
Students will synthesize historical, ecological, civic, and firsthand evidence to frame a shared-space design challenge. Teams will identify user and habitat needs, map decision-makers, establish measurable criteria and constraints, and select an initial voice pathway before passing a milestone gate into ideation.
Days 10 - 15
🌊 River Eras and Decisions
Knowledge/Skill Building 42m
🧶 River Mural Connection Map
Project Work 45m
🐟 Fish and Wildlife Briefing
Community Experience 45m
🏛️ Shared-Space Decision Map
Research 43m
🎙️ Design Criteria and Voice Pathways
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🧭 Living Words Design Brief
Assessment 45m

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Ideate & Select
Students will generate varied Living Words solutions, connect each idea to user and wildlife evidence, plan artistic and media components, exchange feedback across homerooms, and select one evidence-based direction for prototyping.
Days 16 - 21
🧭 Evidence-to-Design Requirements
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🎙️ Living Words Media Moves
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
✏️ Eight Shared-Space Solutions
Project Work 45m
🧩 Three Evidence-Based Concept Boards
Deliverable 45m
🖼️ Grade-Level Idea Gallery
Community Experience 45m
🗳️ Fair-Choice Design Gate
Assessment 45m

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Prototype & Iterate
Students will build and test a low-fidelity Living Words shared-space prototype, mathematical plan, exhibit elements, and draft voice piece. They will gather feedback from peers and real users, compare new bioblitz observations with earlier data, and document two evidence-based revisions before completing a prototype milestone assessment.
Days 22 - 27
📐 Grid Plans and Prototype Tests
Knowledge/Skill Building 42m
🧰 Living Words Model Build
Project Work 45m
🎙️ Bioblitz Data Meets Voice Production
Knowledge/Skill Building 43m
🧪 Living Words User Test
Community Experience 45m
🔁 Feedback-Led Prototype Revision
Project Work 45m
✅ Dated Prototype Evidence Gate
Assessment 45m

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Refine & Showcase
Students will refine their evidence-based Living Words prototype and public voice piece, prepare audience-friendly exhibit materials, test the complete experience with community users, revise from feedback, and present their design journey at a family and K–8 exhibition.
Days 28 - 32
📊 Evidence-to-Message Studio
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🎙️ Voice Piece Production Check
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🛠️ Exhibit Readiness Revision
Deliverable 45m
🤝 Living Words Prototype Event
Community Experience 45m
🌿 Voices of Our Place Exhibition
Assessment 45m

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Showcase
Students will prepare, present, and evaluate their Living Words shared-space proposals for families, K–8 learners, U.S. Fish & Wildlife, and local decision-makers, then document how evidence and feedback shaped their learning.
Days 33 - 35
🎙️ Rehearse Living Words Exhibits
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🌿 Living Words Community Showcase
Assessment 45m
📝 City Voice Reflection Archive
Deliverable 40m

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