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This is the day we gave our pitch to Verplank trucking. Very proud of the kids and how prepared they were!

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Practicing our pitch.

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Kids felt super validated after presenting to an audience. They were very proud and it showed their hard work, so we celebrated at culvers.

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Critical friends! This really helped our group a ton, we realized what we needed to work on and how to prepare. We went back after this and did a check-in and reflection on what we are doing well and how we can be even more successful.

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Adding this fro fun, just cause it is a cute team photo at culvers to celebrate how well we presented.

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Played fish bowl at the end of our 2nd to last day for some more fun team bonding. We also went through all our feedback and had a discussion of what we can still add and get better at for tomorrow

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Coming up with our presentation and practicing

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critical friends

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Interviewed a Trucker

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Just a fun picture

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This is our plan, and things to keep in mind (Pains and gains) but keeping in mind the pains and our audience as we move forward.

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Dot test after generating ideas

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Nuf test!!!

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These don't go in the incubation stage, but wanted to document team bonding activities. They had to get in groups and come up with as many similarities as they could.

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Get to know you activity

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Watched 3 videos to see what the presentations look like.

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Pains and gains

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Stakeholders map

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We interviewed 5 people yesterday, and then talked about our takeaways.

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Brainstorming poster session, through mostly visuals.

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dissecting the driving question

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cold interviews reflections

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Lunch time at village Baker!!!!!

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creative DNA and scenarios activity to see more about our personality and what we bring to the team.

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Empathy map for community, truckers, verplank staff

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Interviewed the CEO

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All our interviews were a big part of our investigation! We did a scavenger hunt where we interviewed the different companies, and we did cold interviews to try to uncover stereotypes and how the public views companies.

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We went through our Hopes, fears, and norms.

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We went on a tour around verplank and watched a video to learn more about who they are.

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We then met at Verplank and did some team bonding with values cards.

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Kids first went on a scavenger hunt to different businesses and asked them how they help with the community. This helps guide them toward thinking about our DQ and data collecting.

After that we did cold interviews around lunch to collect data about people's views on trucking companies and business that stand out in the community.

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A little team bonding, getting comfortable with each other.

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added and reviewed our norms!!!

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How can Verplank Trucking improve their overall reputation and relationship with the community?

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What went well in this stage?

What surprised you?

What would you do differently next time?

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What went well in this stage?

What surprised you?

What would you do differently next time?

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What resources do you need for the Validation Stage?

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How do you plan on checking in with your groups during and after the investigation stage?

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Please include a picture of each teacher and a summary sentence on where and what you teach.

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What resources do you need for the Solutions Stage?

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What went well in this stage?

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What went well in this stage?

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What resources do you need for the Observation Stage?

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What resources do you need for the Investigation Stage?

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We loved this experience! I would recommend it to every teacher! We felt very lucky with the group we had and to work with Verplank Trucking. We also appreciated our Future Prep training and mentors that made the two week very low stress because we felt prepared to guide our students.

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What went well in this stage?

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What resources do you need for checking in with your students?

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Please add a few quotes from students about their experience. Use first names only.

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Show through pictures, videos, examples of student work, to reflect on the authentic audience, the pitch, the final product. Include any information/pictures from your community partner.

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Please get a quote from the business partner.

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What went well in this stage?

What surprised you?

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What resources do you need for the Incubation Stage?

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Show through pictures, videos, examples of student work, links to reflect how your students built empathy, determined Need to Knows, and uncovered important information to solve their driving question?

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Show through pictures, videos, examples of student work, and written documentation to reflect how teams were built, how students uncovered and understood the driving question, the standards covered, and the launch into the project

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Show through pictures, videos, examples of student work to reflect how your students came up with multiple ideas.

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Show through pictures, videos, examples of student work to reflect on the check ins done throughout the project.  How did students reflect throughout the process? How did student critique and revise?

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Show through pictures, videos, examples of works to reflect on how students narrowed their ideas, determined their best solution, and developed the solution.

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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?