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Students will narrow down their best ideas by grouping similar ones, eliminating not feasible ones, or removing ones that already exist.

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Students picked through the Value Cards, finding which ones felt best described their core values. They narrowed down to three and shared them with the group.

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Our final presentation! The kids had a great idea for fun signs that illustrate the animals purpose paired with an awesome scavenger hunt to engage visitors! The signs were more geared for younger learners with more visuals and friendlier language. The scavenger hunt had visitors engage with the new signs and give visitors tasks to learn more about each animal.

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Defining terms, frequent restating for the younger kids, using the DQ to frame transitions.

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Interview

AEIOU Break down the profile of the average CB visitor (Who are they? What do they want? What are they already doing? etc)

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Critter Barn

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Draw the problem- Students get to sketch and write about the issue, engaging in 2 mediums.

Customer Journey Map- Become aware of all the seemingly small details of a person’s CB experience.

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NUF Test- This allowed kids to give input on how likely an idea is to be successful

We also had students choose how to create the sign and scavenger hunt.

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We did the NUF test to determine which solution could be the better of the two. As it turns out, we decided on both!

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Critter Barn has asked for help educating the public about the purposes of their animals.

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As the time for the pitch draws near, students prepare something to show to give their ideas. All kids should be involved in the pitch, so they should all feel a sense of voice.

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Before making posters in small groups, each student creates a draft of their personal best idea for a pitch.

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How do we better communicate the different purposes of the farm animals to the general public?

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Tour of CB pretending to be a person from the general public.

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Students created a Bug List for what bugged them as they toured as 'general public'.

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Family members, ICUjr educators, Critter Barn Employees. We had quite the crowd!

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Critical Thinking and Teamwork

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Students created mini-posters to showcase their vision of a solution. Students shared different ideas for new signage and a scavenger hunt that ties into the new signs. The new signs are geared more towards younger visitors.

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Audience Feedback form so they can hear from an authentic audience.

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After students shared their mini-posters, we summarized the main points each student was making to help consolidate their many ideas. They used this to create their final products.

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Wow. The kids put together an incredible presentation and prototypes in less than an hour! We were so proud of how they handled the pressure leading up to the official presentation. They presented so well and had confidence to speak their ideas loudly and clearly.

Here, we handed out final awards to students for their courage and leadership.

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Bring in mini-poster and go over each one individually.

Hopes Fears Norms

Group tour

Value Cards

Me too

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My name is Justin Terpstra, and I have been teaching at Hudsonville Christian School for 7 years now (4th and 7th grade).

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Posters

Markers/pencils/pens

Copy paper

Critter Barn pamphlet

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Jackson created guidelines for the solution given by Mr. Tony, our interviewee. This helped students create their solution drafts.

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We frequently directed students back to the interview with Mr. Tony, who gave us some really good information about what signage is present and what could be there. We also did a verbal reflection at the end of the day to talked about what went well and what needs to happen tomorrow (Wednesday) in order for us to come up with a solution.

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-Chart paper

-White copy paper

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My name is Jackson Newhouse-Schut. I have taught at Zeeland for 3 years now (one year 5th grade and two in 3rd grade.) Next year I am starting as a 2nd grade teacher as a part of Zeeland's ZPBL program!

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Kids are tasked with coming up with 50 ideas in 7 minutes. All ideas are welcome! Narrowing down will come eventually.

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Checking in was always a difficult thing to do because it seemed like time was of the essence! We found ways throughout to quick check in, mainly at the beginning and end of each day to make sure we knew where we had been and where we were going. A quick 'One thing you enjoyed/learned and one thing you are worried/curious about' at the end of each day helped us gauge where students were in their feelings/thoughts.

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Time was against us today! The interview was extremely helpful, but the uncovering of questions and other ideas for Need to Knows took up a lot of time. It was really helpful though nonetheless!

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-Chart paper

-Value cards

-Mini-Poster

-Notebook

-Pencils

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Students sketch pictures of solution ideas that are starting to form for them. This should move the abstract ideas generated during 50 ideas into a more concrete space.

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-Person to interview

-Chart paper

-Notebook

-Colors(?)

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"I'm excited to just get started!" - Justin

"I am excited to just see how this whole process works so I will feel more ready for next year." - Jackson

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Journals for certain reflection times, anchor charts around the room.

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Students did great generating ideas. We definitely notice the momentum built by the last two days. It was a little bit hard to get the kids to expand on the idea of ‘sign’ which is something the farm already has, but we got there eventually. Some of our younger kids needed frequent reminders of DQ during this portion.

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"Goats are now my favorite animals." -Ella

"I'm going to see how long I can hold my breath when I walk through the pigs.' Emmie

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'We want people to know that the Critter Barn is not a petting zoo, but each animal serves a purpose on the farm.'

Tony

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Day 1- students reflected on went well, what they didn't like as much, and a wondering after today.

Most talked about enjoying the animals, not liking the smells, and curious about how the rest of the week is going to go!

Jackson and I both enjoy our group already and are excited to see where they go with their brainstorming they did today!

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-Notebook

-Sticky notes

-Chart paper

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To end day 2, we asked kids to come up with something they learned about our investigative day. Today was filled with interviews, imagining customer experiences, and brainstorming things we need to know about the CB.

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Students developed larger posters for what their vision of final products of both signs and the scavenger hunt would look like.

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This was an incredible experience. We had a fun group of kids that got the job done and worked so well together. We had a great location who were super supportive and fun to work with. We received positive feedback that the ideas they came up with were extremely feasible. Jackson and I worked well together where none dominated the experience. Overall, we had a lot of positives and moments to remember for our own classroom projects.

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Students came up with two solid ideas and made critiques as they talked through them. The new signs are more for younger learners and they wanted them to be more visual. It was awesome to see them work together throughout today.

The tricky thing will be coming up with some jobs for everyone to do for tomorrow as they come up with final products. There were some issues with teamwork today as they developed their two prototypes, but they were worked out well enough to end our day.