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Community Accessibility Consultancy

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Grades 9-1290-120 minSource: Creative Dad Company

Teens become accessibility consultants, auditing a real local space—like a classroom, park, or store entrance—for how well it works for people with mobility, vision, or hearing differences, then prototype a low-cost fix. It's hands-on empathy work that turns 'that's not fair' into a testable design.

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Prep: 10 minActivity: 30 min1 session~$2/groupOne table for the Community Accessibility Consultancy evidence and prototypeBeginner-friendly

Setup

Print or handwrite the four Community Accessibility Consultancy challenge steps and place common paper supplies on one table. Prepare one small sample, dataset, scenario, or recycled-material model drawn directly from the project description; no device, paid tool, room decoration, or purchased kit is required.

Activity

  1. Read the Community Accessibility Consultancy challenge aloud, then walk through a real space—a classroom, playground, or store entryway—and predict three spots where someone using a wheelchair, cane, or hearing aid might struggle.
  2. Use paper, index cards, recycled objects, or facilitator-provided sample data to measure ramp slopes, doorway widths, and counter heights, then build a simple cardboard model of the trickiest spot along with a proposed fix.
  3. Run one tabletop trial and test the model by rolling a toy wheelchair or tracing a blindfolded path through it, and redesign on the spot when the fix doesn't actually work.
  4. Finish by present a one-page accessibility audit with before/after sketches to a real stakeholder, like a teacher or shop owner, and explain the reasoning behind each recommendation; record the evidence that supports the decision.

Done when: The group completes a defensible Community Accessibility Consultancy solution, records at least one test result or comparison, changes one claim or design in response, and supports its final decision with that evidence.

Materials

tape measure, poster board, sticky notes, string, cardboard, protractor

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Steps

  1. Walk through a real space—a classroom, playground, or store entryway—and predict three spots where someone using a wheelchair, cane, or hearing aid might struggle.
  2. Measure ramp slopes, doorway widths, and counter heights, then build a simple cardboard model of the trickiest spot along with a proposed fix.
  3. Test the model by rolling a toy wheelchair or tracing a blindfolded path through it, and redesign on the spot when the fix doesn't actually work.
  4. Present a one-page accessibility audit with before/after sketches to a real stakeholder, like a teacher or shop owner, and explain the reasoning behind each recommendation.

Standards it satisfies

  • NGSS · HS-ETS1-1

    Analyze a major global challenge to specify qualitative and quantitative criteria and constraints for solutions that account for societal needs and wants.