Launch
Launch
Students will enter the project through a field-based launch, study what makes an environmental issue investigable and local, practice early evidence documentation and data visualization, form teams, and produce a first question-and-evidence brief that sets up later methodology and fieldwork.
Days 1 - 8
Launch Question
Launch Question
Students will investigate puzzling evidence from San Diego partner sites, compare possible environmental problems, and narrow their work to one investigable local question with a testable hypothesis, clear evidence needs, and measurable criteria for what would count as a positive difference.
Days 9 - 21
Plan Evidence
Plan Evidence
Students will turn their environmental question into a credible investigation plan by selecting measurable variables, building repeatable field methods, testing documentation systems, and choosing the calculus representations they will later use to analyze change. Through partner input, pilot data collection, and multiple critique-and-revision rounds, they will produce a peer-reviewed methodology package that gates their move into full field data collection.
Days 22 - 34
Collect Traceable Data
Collect Traceable Data
Students will carry out repeated field investigations using the methods they planned earlier, document each observation with traceable metadata and uncertainty notes, and maintain organized datasets that can support later calculus modeling and environmental analysis. Across site visits, lab cleanup sessions, and critique checkpoints, they will test whether their methods produce usable evidence, revise weak documentation practices, and prepare a verified body of data for Phase 5 pattern analysis.
Days 35 - 47
Analyze Patterns
Analyze Patterns
Students will transform traceable field datasets into evidence-based interpretations by building Dear Data visuals, graphs, regressions, rate-of-change representations, threshold models, and accumulated-impact calculations. They will test claims against anomalies and uncertainty, use peer critique to revise analyses, and prepare a vetted analysis portfolio that supports later conclusions, action choices, QR-linked resources, and final exhibition materials.
Days 48 - 60
Conclude Share Evidence
Conclude Share Evidence
Students will synthesize their field evidence and calculus analysis into defensible conclusions, name limitations and uncertainty, revise public-facing products through critique, and prepare QR-linked framed visuals and action materials for community sharing. They will use partner feedback, peer feedback, and event data from the Day of Action to refine claims about what practical action could make a measurable difference before the final exhibition phase.
Days 61 - 72
Showcase
Showcase
Students will finalize how they communicate their evidence, present their framed installations and QR-linked data stories to authentic audiences, document results and feedback from the Day of Action and exhibition, and complete a final revision-and-reflection cycle that explains how their conclusions, models, and practical action changed through critique and new evidence.
Days 73 - 80
Launch
Days 1–8
Day 1
🌊 Future Field Lab Sprint
Launch
120m
Day 2
Day 3
📓 Field Notebook and Site Map Setup
Knowledge/Skill Building
120m
Day 4
📊 Dear Data Site Signals
Knowledge/Skill Building
120m
Day 5
🤝 Partner Voices Question Harvest
Community Experience
120m
Day 6
🧪 Question and Method Critique
Deliverable
120m
Day 7
🖼️ Sci-Fi Snapshot Storyboard
Project Work
120m
Day 8
✅ Investigable Question Gate
Assessment
120m
Launch Question
Days 9–21
Day 9
🧭 Partner Site Mystery Board
Launch
110m
Day 10
📓 Dear Data Field Clues
Knowledge/Skill Building
120m
Day 11
🧪 Investigable Question Clinic
Knowledge/Skill Building
95m
Day 12
🌿 Famosa Slough Question Walk
Community Experience
240m
Day 13
🗺️ Site Map and Source Log
Knowledge/Skill Building
105m
Day 14
📚 Local Evidence Research Sprint
Research
120m
Day 15
📈 Trend Sketches and Futures
Knowledge/Skill Building
120m
Day 16
📝 Question and Hypothesis Draft
Deliverable
90m
Day 17
💬 Peer Tuning on Question Drafts
Project Work
120m
Day 18
🎯 Positive Difference Metrics
Knowledge/Skill Building
100m
Day 19
🔁 Revised Inquiry Brief
Deliverable
120m
Day 20
✅ Inquiry Gate Conference
Assessment
150m
Day 21
🪞 Revision Reflection and Next Step
Project Work
70m
Plan Evidence
Days 22–34
Day 22
🧭 Evidence Plan Sprint
Launch
90m
Day 23
📏 Variables and Measures Clinic
Knowledge/Skill Building
120m
Day 24
🗺️ Site Maps and Metadata Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building
100m
Day 25
📉 Dear Data Method Mockup
Knowledge/Skill Building
90m
Day 26
🧪 Pilot Sampling at Partner Site
Project Work
120m
Day 27
🧠 Regression and Future Scenarios Workshop
Knowledge/Skill Building
120m
Day 28
🌊 Thresholds and Carrying Capacity Seminar
Research
90m
Day 29
🎙️ Ranger Method Feedback Panel
Community Experience
120m
Day 30
🔁 Method Critique Carousel
Deliverable
120m
Day 31
∂ Accumulation and Affected Area Studio
Knowledge/Skill Building
110m
Day 32
🧰 Revised Evidence Toolkit Build
Project Work
120m
Day 33
📄 Methodology Packet Submission
Assessment
120m
Day 34
✍️ Revision Memo and Go/No-Go
Deliverable
80m
Collect Traceable Data
Days 35–47
Day 35
🧭 Traceable Dataset Reset
Launch
110m
Day 36
📏 Metadata and Uncertainty Drill
Knowledge/Skill Building
90m
Day 37
🌊 Cabrillo Field Run
Community Experience
120m
Day 38
💻 Data Cleaning and Upload
Project Work
120m
Day 39
🗺️ Famosa Slough Repeat Survey
Community Experience
120m
Day 40
📊 Dear Data Checkpoint Cards
Knowledge/Skill Building
95m
Day 41
🔁 Method Critique Round
Deliverable
120m
Day 42
🏞️ River Transect Data Run
Community Experience
120m
Day 43
📈 Sampling Sufficiency Mini-Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building
85m
Day 44
🛟 Ocean Beach Verification Sweep
Project Work
120m
Day 45
🧾 Traceability Binder Draft
Deliverable
120m
Day 46
✅ Dataset Gate Review
Assessment
120m
Day 47
✍️ Revision Log Reflection
Project Work
90m
Analyze Patterns
Days 48–60
Day 48
📊 Dear Data Pattern Studio
Knowledge/Skill Building
120m
Day 49
📈 Regression and Future Scenarios
Knowledge/Skill Building
120m
Day 50
🌊 Thresholds at Carrying Capacity
Knowledge/Skill Building
90m
Day 51
🧮 Change and Area Calculus Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building
120m
Day 52
🗂️ Analysis Board Build
Project Work
120m
Day 53
🧑🤝🧑 Protocol Feedback on Analysis Boards
Deliverable
120m
Day 54
🔍 Contradictions and Source Check
Research
120m
Day 55
🎙️ Partner Data Sensemaking Panel
Community Experience
90m
Day 56
🛠️ Revised Models and Evidence Notes
Project Work
120m
Day 57
✅ Analysis Portfolio Checkpoint
Assessment
120m
Day 58
🧾 Action Tradeoff Evidence Matrix
Deliverable
90m
Day 59
🔁 Evidence Debate and Second Revision
Project Work
120m
Day 60
📦 Final Analysis Set Export
Deliverable
90m
Conclude Share Evidence
Days 61–72
Day 61
🧭 Conclusion Claims and Limits
Knowledge/Skill Building
110m
Day 62
🔗 QR Evidence Page Studio
Knowledge/Skill Building
100m
Day 63
🗣️ Partner Panel on Practical Action
Community Experience
120m
Day 64
📝 Evidence Brief Draft
Deliverable
120m
Day 65
👥 Two-Peer Critique Protocol
Project Work
110m
Day 66
🖼️ Frame Text and Poster Build
Project Work
120m
Day 67
🎤 Action Station Rehearsal
Knowledge/Skill Building
100m
Day 68
✅ Evidence-to-Action Gate Review
Assessment
120m
Day 69
📣 Community Day of Action
Assessment
240m
Day 70
🔁 Post-Action Results Revision
Deliverable
120m
Day 71
Day 72
Showcase
Days 73–80
Day 73
🗣️ Exhibition Talk Tune-Up
Knowledge/Skill Building
90m
🤝 Peer Critique on Frames
Deliverable
120m
Day 74
🔗 QR Data Story Check
Knowledge/Skill Building
90m
🪧 Exhibition Setup Sprint
Project Work
120m
Day 75
🌿 Community Day Action Station
Community Experience
240m
Day 76
📊 Impact Evidence Debrief
Knowledge/Skill Building
90m
Day 77
🖼️ Framing the Future Exhibition
Assessment
150m
Day 78
✍️ Revision Memo and Next Question
Assessment
60m
Day 79
Day 80
August 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
24
Day 1
Launch
🌊 Future Field Lab Sprint
25
Day 2
26
Day 3
📓 Field Notebook and Site Map Setup
27
Day 4
📊 Dear Data Site Signals
28
Day 5
🤝 Partner Voices Question Harvest
September 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
31
Day 6
🧪 Question and Method Critique
1
Day 7
🖼️ Sci-Fi Snapshot Storyboard
2
Day 8
✅ Investigable Question Gate
3
Day 9
Launch Question
🧭 Partner Site Mystery Board
4
Day 10
📓 Dear Data Field Clues
7
Day 11
🧪 Investigable Question Clinic
8
Day 12
🌿 Famosa Slough Question Walk
9
Day 13
🗺️ Site Map and Source Log
10
Day 14
📚 Local Evidence Research Sprint
11
Day 15
📈 Trend Sketches and Futures
14
Day 16
📝 Question and Hypothesis Draft
15
Day 17
💬 Peer Tuning on Question Drafts
16
Day 18
🎯 Positive Difference Metrics
17
Day 19
🔁 Revised Inquiry Brief
18
Day 20
✅ Inquiry Gate Conference
21
Day 21
🪞 Revision Reflection and Next Step
22
Day 22
Plan Evidence
🧭 Evidence Plan Sprint
23
Day 23
📏 Variables and Measures Clinic
24
Day 24
🗺️ Site Maps and Metadata Lab
25
Day 25
📉 Dear Data Method Mockup
28
Day 26
🧪 Pilot Sampling at Partner Site
29
Day 27
🧠 Regression and Future Scenarios Workshop
30
Day 28
🌊 Thresholds and Carrying Capacity Seminar
1
Day 29
🎙️ Ranger Method Feedback Panel
2
Day 30
🔁 Method Critique Carousel
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
5
Day 31
∂ Accumulation and Affected Area Studio
6
Day 32
🧰 Revised Evidence Toolkit Build
7
Day 33
📄 Methodology Packet Submission
8
Day 34
✍️ Revision Memo and Go/No-Go
9
Day 35
Collect Traceable Data
🧭 Traceable Dataset Reset
12
Day 36
📏 Metadata and Uncertainty Drill
13
Day 37
🌊 Cabrillo Field Run
14
Day 38
💻 Data Cleaning and Upload
15
Day 39
🗺️ Famosa Slough Repeat Survey
16
Day 40
📊 Dear Data Checkpoint Cards
19
Day 41
🔁 Method Critique Round
20
Day 42
🏞️ River Transect Data Run
21
Day 43
📈 Sampling Sufficiency Mini-Lab
22
Day 44
🛟 Ocean Beach Verification Sweep
23
Day 45
🧾 Traceability Binder Draft
26
Day 46
✅ Dataset Gate Review
27
Day 47
✍️ Revision Log Reflection
28
Day 48
Analyze Patterns
📊 Dear Data Pattern Studio
29
Day 49
📈 Regression and Future Scenarios
30
Day 50
🌊 Thresholds at Carrying Capacity
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
2
Day 51
🧮 Change and Area Calculus Lab
3
Day 52
🗂️ Analysis Board Build
4
Day 53
🧑🤝🧑 Protocol Feedback on Analysis Boards
5
Day 54
🔍 Contradictions and Source Check
6
Day 55
🎙️ Partner Data Sensemaking Panel
9
Day 56
🛠️ Revised Models and Evidence Notes
10
Day 57
✅ Analysis Portfolio Checkpoint
11
Day 58
🧾 Action Tradeoff Evidence Matrix
12
Day 59
🔁 Evidence Debate and Second Revision
13
Day 60
📦 Final Analysis Set Export
16
Day 61
Conclude Share Evidence
🧭 Conclusion Claims and Limits
17
Day 62
🔗 QR Evidence Page Studio
18
Day 63
🗣️ Partner Panel on Practical Action
19
Day 64
📝 Evidence Brief Draft
20
Day 65
👥 Two-Peer Critique Protocol
23
Day 66
🖼️ Frame Text and Poster Build
24
Day 67
🎤 Action Station Rehearsal
25
Day 68
✅ Evidence-to-Action Gate Review
26
Day 69
📣 Community Day of Action
27
Day 70
🔁 Post-Action Results Revision
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
30
Day 71
1
Day 72
2
Day 73
Showcase
🗣️ Exhibition Talk Tune-Up
🤝 Peer Critique on Frames
3
Day 74
🔗 QR Data Story Check
🪧 Exhibition Setup Sprint
4
Day 75
🌿 Community Day Action Station
7
Day 76
📊 Impact Evidence Debrief
8
Day 77
🖼️ Framing the Future Exhibition
9
Day 78
✍️ Revision Memo and Next Question
10
Day 79
11
Day 80