Learning Goals
Students will be able to model the water cycle in Earth’s systems and explain how sun energy and gravity move water through evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, and infiltration.
Students will be able to investigate Diamond Valley Lake water storage and conveyance systems to explain how local water infrastructure supports human settlement and daily life.
Students will be able to analyze how water availability influenced farming, trade, transportation, sanitation, and population growth in four ancient civilizations.
Students will be able to compare ancient and modern water systems using maps, artifacts, and observations to identify patterns of human adaptation to water scarcity and abundance.
Students will be able to define an evidence-based How Might We problem statement that distinguishes a user need from a possible solution using real user observations.
Students will be able to ideate multiple solutions and prototype a local water connection exhibit that communicates evidence about water access and civilization growth to family visitors.
Students will be able to test and refine a water-system solution or exhibit component using feedback from peers or authentic users to improve clarity, usefulness, and accuracy.
Students will be able to justify design choices with scientific evidence, user feedback, and trade-off reasoning in a final presentation to an authentic audience.
Products
User Interview Notes, Evidence-Based HMW Statement, and Iterated Water Exhibit Prototype
Each student creates a research artifact from at least one real user interaction, then turns that evidence into a clear How Might We statement and a low- or mid-fidelity prototype for the class exhibit. The product shows how the student’s thinking about water access, settlement, and civilization growth changed through feedback and revision.
Blue Planet Gallery Night Water Systems Exhibit with Comparative Civilization Models
Teams build a shared problem statement and a higher-fidelity exhibit that compares Diamond Valley Lake with four ancient civilizations through maps, models, artifacts, and interactive explanation. The exhibit must show how individual research informed the final design and must be ready for testing and presentation to family and community visitors.
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