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What's our hook? SKIT

What's our driving question? How can we get more people to come to the parks?

Who are our stakeholders? Parents, grandparents, park managers, and kids

What is our solution? More Activities

What are some possible challenges? A lot of work, money, and materials not being returned

Summary? More fun = More people!

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Each student got 3 stickers to place their votes on an IDEA to support our driving question!

The winning idea was: PROVIDING VISITORS WITH MORE ACTIVITIES!

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Teachers:

Georgeanne Green

Nichole Heinz

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Group Discussion on generating our IDEAS and coming together to create SOLUTIONS.

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We took our IDEA and created SOLUTION options!

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Part 1

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Part 2

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How to get people to come to the parks?

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Park Staff

Grandparents

Parents

Siblings

Students

Future Prep'd Teachers

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Throughout our design thinking process in developing the pitch, students actively exchanged feedback, improvised solutions, revised their ideas, and ultimately celebrated the journey of growth and creativity.

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Lock Box Adventure to unveil our scavenger hunt

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Through a chalk talk protocol, students buddied up and came up with their own questions they would ask: kids, adults, and staff members.

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Exploring with our 5 senses, while using our listening and reading skills!

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"Student's were so brave!"

"I loved the idea of including a nature-scape as one of the park activities."

"Having a big list of ideas was smart."

"Their little mind's shine bright today!"

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Each day, at the end of camp, we revisit all the fun we had that morning and reflect on one area of the day!

Below are photos to showcase this work!

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1. Participation

2. Teamwork

3. Communication

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What do we know about how people learn about parks? What do we wonder?

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What do we know about how people learn about parks? What do we wonder?

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Let’s learn about one another by sharing, connecting, and asking questions.

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What are our HOPES, FEARS, and NORMS for our week at camp?

Hopes: make new friends, see animals, enjoy nature, have fun

Fears: get lost, ticks, and bad weather

Norms: speak kindly, use nice hands, work together

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Watching an interview with Nahuel the program coordinator.

Josh: Coordinator of Business and Visitor Services

Jessica: Coordinator of Community Engagement

Ottawa County Community member (lover of gardening and volunteering at the park)

“What do you like to do at parks?”

“Why did you choose to work here?”

“Are there kayaks to rent here?”

“What is a big challenge to getting people here?”

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The power of authentic conversations!

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What do you get when you put a mushroom and cow together? A MOO-shroom -Rosie

Why did the bee cross the road? He had a BEE-mergency -Hendrik

Why are there pine cones on the trail? Because of all the construction! -Camden

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Quotes:

"One of my favorite things to do at camp is taking walks in the woods. I saw butterflies and chipmunks, and I saw a cardinal." - Evelyn

"The park is hard to find on this road." - Hendrik

"One of our biggest challenges here at Hemlock is getting people to travel all the way out here." - Jessica (staff member)

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Business/Community Members Utilized:

Paula (camp instructor)

Nahuel (ottawa parks program supervisor)

2 on-site staff members

Community/Trail walkers

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What do you think is inside?

“A fishing pole!”

“Nature things like pinecones and leaves.”

“Butterfly nets!”

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Let’s get dirty!

Let’s look closely!

Let’s share!

Let’s see what fun things you can do out in nature!

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Take time to reflect on what went well. What will you change for next year? What feedback did you get from students, the business partner, the authentic audience that can help make this project even better?

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Students chose what role they felt most comfortable participating in during their pitch. They shared roles and ideas with their peers and supported one another when not feeling fully comfortable during the pitch.

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In roughly 4 minutes students tried to come up with 4 ideas to getting more people to come to the parks.

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Students performed their pitch many times, getting feedback from peers and future prep'd teachers.

They quickly took action by speaking louder, being patient, and adding modifications each practice round!

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Before conversation: CARE (Is your first instinct in a group to make sure everyone is feeling good?) COMMUNICATOR (Are you always wanting to clarify and talk to people?) DEVELOPER (Do you like to organize and make a plan?) IMPLEMENTER (Are you hardworking and like to take action?) EXAMINER (Are you detail oriented and like to ask questions?)

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A solid team is built upon one another’s talents and strengths. We learned we all have talents that can be brought to a group.

They chose, in order, their top 3 strengths and we quickly realized we had a well rounded, balanced group!

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After coming up with their own ideas, we collecting all ideas and then grouped them by similarities. The common theme of ideas included: creating bigger signs, updating internet resources, make more flyers and mail them, and improve their park activities.

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How are we feeling about tomorrow’s presentation?

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How are we feeling about tomorrow’s presentation?

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Thumbs up, Thumbs down!

“I’m excited to perform with my friends” - Luke

“I will be a little nervous in front of the crowd.” - Zara

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Students created their own visual for our pitch!

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Students created their own visual for our pitch!