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Abstract

The objective of this project is to transform an underutilized outdoor space at Six Rivers Charter High School into a teaching area to enhance student learning and engagement. The improvements made to this area provide additional seating and safer ground to walk upon. Team Banana Pirates are students in the Humboldt State University's Environmental Resources Engineering program class ENGR 215, Introduction to design, taught by Lonny Graftman. While developing and constructing this teaching area, team Banana Pirates worked closely with the staff at Six Rivers Charter High School to create an ideal space.

Outdoor teaching area before renovations

Background

Six Rivers Charter High School (SRCHS) is a charter school located in Arcata, California. Their students have shown high demand for a program that teaches garden-based learning available to grades 9-12. The school has an overgrown outdoor space available and wants to utilize that space as an area to teach garden curriculum to their students. Team Banana Pirates is a group of students in the Environmental Resources Engineering Program at Humboldt State University. For their ENGR 215: Introduction to Design class in Fall 2019, they have selected to come up with a creative solution to this problem at SRCHS.

Problem statement and criteria

Six Rivers Charter High School had an underutilized area that only the landscape class would use as part of their curriculum. Transforming this space would allow other types of classes to use the space to enhance student learning.

Criteria

Important specifications were made when speaking with staff at Six Rivers Charter High School. A list of criteria was created and weighted to ensure that all specifications can be met going forward with the outdoor teaching area.

Criteria	Weight	Constraint
Safety	10	Free of tripping hazards and sharp edges
Capacity	10	Accommodate up to 35 students
Cost	9	Total project cost cannot exceed $400
Mud Potential	8	Limit mud
Durability	8	Must last at least 6 years without significant damage
Maintenance	8	Maximum 4 hours of maintenance each month
Versatility	7	Can be used for different classes

Description of final project

The final design of the outdoor teaching area includes four 9 foot long benches that can fit up to five students each. These benches were made from cedar wood and painted to protect them from different weather conditions. Two benches are placed in the upper area and two benches are placed in the lower area. A path to the upper area of seating was cleared and wood chips were placed across the entire area to prevent mud from being tracked back into the school. With this design, the teaching area is not able to seat an ample amount of students and is more accommodating to different types of classes.

Prototyping

Team Banana Pirates produced multiple drawings on Auto CAD to better understand the space they were creating.

The Auto CAD drawing above shows the four benches that will be built and the proper dimensions.

Team Banana Pirates added benches to the area above the original benches in the area as well as at the lower end of the area. The area is at a slight angle so that rain will not cause pools of water to form on the area.

The Auto CAD drawing shows an aerial view of what the completed area will look like once complete.

Costs

The total cost of completing the outdoor teaching area was $409.07. Over 150 hours of time was spent by the team Banana Pirate to complete the project. To help with the cost, The Mill Yard was willing to donate $190.19 worth of Cedar Wood.

Quantity	Material	Source	Cost ($)	Total ($)
308	Feet of Cedar Wood 2x4	The Mill Yard	1.10	340.19
3	Boxes of 8x2.5 screws	ACE Hardware	13.65	40.95
1	Gallon of Outdoor Paint	Ace Hardware	27.93	27.93
Many	Wood Chips	Side of Road	0.00	0.00
Total Cost				$409.07

How to build

File:Wood 2x4.jpg

How to Build Bench

Maintenance

The landscaping class at Six Rivers Charter High School will be responsible for some maintenance as part of their curriculum. To make sure that this area remains safe and usable, maintenance will need to be provided on a monthly basis.

Schedule

This provides information on when to maintain different aspects of the area.

Monthly

Weeding

Raking Wood chips to keep ground level

Estimated time is 2 hours per month

Yearly

Fill wood chips as needed

Every 5 years

Repaint benches to prevent weather damage

Instructions

This is how to maintain. The step by step how to template {{How to}} is most likely best for this part.

File:Wood Chips 2.jpg

How to Maintain Outdoor Teaching Area

Troubleshooting

This is how to troubleshoot basic operation of the wood chips and the benches in the outdoor teaching area.

Problem	Suggestion
Wood chips wash away	Add additional wood chips to the area
Paint on benches chip	Take bench out, paint area, and place back into ground once paint dries
Bench comes out of ground	Dig hole for bench legs, place the bench inside, weigh down with gravel and/or heavy rocks before adding dirt

Discussion and next steps

In the design process, team Banana Pirates had thought through different bench styles as well as adding additional planter beds to the area. A next step for this area would be to add additional planter beds attached to the lower seating for educational purpose.

Suggestions for future changes

In the future, Six Rivers Charter High School may want to add a retention wall by the lower bench with pressure treated wood. This would help keep the wood chips and dirt from leaving the area during a heavy rainfall. As well as adding a retention wass, the benches could be secured permanently into the ground with cement so that they can create a more permanent teaching area.

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+==Abstract==
+''The objective of this project is to transform an underutilized outdoor space at Six Rivers Charter High School into a teaching area to enhance student learning and engagement. The improvements made to this area provide additional seating and safer ground to walk upon. Team Banana Pirates are students in the Humboldt State University's Environmental Resources Engineering program class ENGR 215, Introduction to design, taught by Lonny Graftman. While developing and constructing this teaching area, team Banana Pirates worked closely with the staff at Six Rivers Charter High School to create an ideal space.''
-==Abstract==
-''One paragraph summary of your project from background to discussion and next steps.''
-There should be an image near the top.
+[[File:Area_before_rennovations.jpg||thumb|left|Outdoor teaching area before renovations]]
+[[File:Area_before_rennovations_2.jpg||thumb|left|Outdoor teaching area before renovations]]
 == Background ==
-Six Rivers Charter High School (SRCHS) is a charter school located in Arcata, California. Their
+Six Rivers Charter High School (SRCHS) is a charter school located in Arcata, California. Their students have shown high demand for a program that teaches garden-based learning available to grades 9-12. The school has an overgrown outdoor space available and wants to utilize that space as an area to teach garden curriculum to their students. Team Banana Pirates is a group of students in the Environmental Resources Engineering Program at Humboldt State University. For their ENGR 215: Introduction to Design class in Fall 2019, they have selected to come up with a creative solution to this problem at SRCHS.
-students have shown high demand for a program that teaches garden-based learning available to
-grades 9-12. The school has an overgrown outdoor space available and wants to utilize that space
-as an area to teach garden curriculum to their students. Team Banana Pirates is a group of students
-in the Environmental Resources Engineering Program at Humboldt State University. For their
-ENGR 215: Introduction to Design class, they have been assigned to come up with a creative
-solution to this problem at SRCHS.
 == Problem statement and criteria ==
-Use sortable table.
+Six Rivers Charter High School had an underutilized area that only the landscape class would use as part of their curriculum. Transforming this space would allow other types of classes to use the space to enhance student learning.
+===Criteria===
+Important specifications were made when speaking with staff at Six Rivers Charter High School. A list of criteria was created and weighted to ensure that all specifications can be met going forward with the outdoor teaching area.
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
+|-
+! Criteria
+! Weight
+! Constraint
+|-
+| Safety
+| 10
+| Free of tripping hazards and sharp edges
+|-
+| Capacity
+| 10
+| Accommodate up to 35 students
+|-
+| Cost
+| 9
+| Total project cost cannot exceed $400
+|-
+| Mud Potential
+| 8
+| Limit mud
+|-
+| Durability
+| 8
+| Must last at least 6 years without significant damage
+|-
+| Maintenance
+| 8
+| Maximum 4 hours of maintenance each month
+|-
+| Versatility
+| 7
+| Can be used for different classes
+|}
 == Description of final project ==
-Photos and descriptions. Use gallery (https://www.appropedia.org/Help:Images#Galleries (Links to an external site.)).
+The final design of the outdoor teaching area includes four 9 foot long benches that can fit up to five students each. These benches were made from cedar wood and painted to protect them from different weather conditions. Two benches are placed in the upper area and two benches are placed in the lower area. A path to the upper area of seating was cleared and wood chips were placed across the entire area to prevent mud from being tracked back into the school. With this design, the teaching area is not able to seat an ample amount of students and is more accommodating to different types of classes.
-Include a how to use and maintain section. See the how to template below.
+{{Gallery
+|title=Projects gallery
+|width=180
+|height=135
+|padding=5
+|lines=4
+|align=center
+|File:Final Teaching Area 1.jpg| '''Final project view''': A view of the final completed area of the garden teaching area.
+|File:Final Teaching Area 2.jpg| '''Final project view''': A view of the final completed area of the garden teaching area.
+}}
 ===Prototyping===
+Team Banana Pirates produced multiple drawings on Auto CAD to better understand the space they were creating.
-Use a gallery of prototyping photos and lessons learned.
+[[File:ACAD_Bench_Design.jpg|frame|center|The Auto CAD drawing above shows the four benches that will be built and the proper dimensions.]]
+[[File:ACAD_Cross_Section.jpg|frame|center|Team Banana Pirates added benches to the area above the original benches in the area as well as at the lower end of the area. The area is at a slight angle so that rain will not cause pools of water to form on the area.]]
+[[File:ACAD_Aerial_View.jpg|frame|center|The Auto CAD drawing shows an aerial view of what the completed area will look like once complete.]]
 === Costs ===
-Use [[Help:Table_examples#Cost_Table]].
+The total cost of completing the outdoor teaching area was $409.07. Over 150 hours of time was spent by the team Banana Pirate to complete the project. To help with the cost, The Mill Yard was willing to donate $190.19 worth of Cedar Wood.
-==Testing Results==
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
+! Quantity !! Material !! Source !! Cost ($) !! Total ($)
+|-
+| 308 || Feet of Cedar Wood 2x4 || The Mill Yard
+|align="right"| 1.10
+|align="right"| 340.19
+|-
+| 3 || Boxes of 8x2.5 screws|| ACE Hardware
+|align="right"| 13.65
+|align="right"| 40.95
+|-
+| 1 || Gallon of Outdoor Paint|| Ace Hardware
+|align="right"| 27.93
+|align="right"| 27.93
+|-
+| Many || Wood Chips|| Side of Road
+|align="right"| 0.00
+|align="right"| 0.00
+|-class="sortbottom"
+|colspan="4" align="right" | '''Total Cost'''
+|align="right"| '''$409.07'''
+|}
 ==How to build==
-Use [[Template:How_to]]
+{{How to
+ |title= How to Build Bench
+ |header1= Image
+ |header2= Steps
+ |pics=
+ |size=
+ |File:Wood 2x4.jpg |cedar wood |1 | Acquire approximately 308 feet of wood.
+ |File:ACAD_Bench_Design.jpg | Auto CAD of bench design|2 |Have design ready.
+ |File:Bench in Use.jpg |Finished bench |3 | Build benches according to plan.
+}}
 == Maintenance ==
+The landscaping class at Six Rivers Charter High School will be responsible for some maintenance as part of their curriculum. To make sure that this area remains safe and usable, maintenance will need to be provided on a monthly basis.
-Introduce this maintenance section.
 === Schedule ===
-This is when to maintain what.
+This provides information on when to maintain different aspects of the area.
-;Daily
+;Monthly
-*A daily task
-*A daily task
-;Weekly
-*a weekly task
-*a weekly task
+*Weeding
-;Monthly
+*Raking Wood chips to keep ground level
-*a monthly task
+*Estimated time is 2 hours per month
-*a monthly task
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 ;Yearly
-*a yearly task
+*Fill wood chips as needed
-*a yearly task
-;Every __ years
+;Every 5 years
-*task
+*Repaint benches to prevent weather damage
-*task
 === Instructions ===
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 {{How to
-  |title=How to Do Something
+  |title=How to Maintain Outdoor Teaching Area
+ |File:Wood Chips 2.jpg |Wood chips at SRCHS |1 |Add wood chips as needed.
-  |File:Bpack bike trailer - demo 1.jpg |Backpack frame bike trailer |1 |Do something.
+  |File:Weeding.png |Pull weeds |2 |Pull weeds when they surface.
-  |File:Aleiha dish.jpg |Aleiha's parabolic solar cooker |2 |Do something really complicated but made simple, etc.
+  |File:Painted Benches2.jpg |Painted benches |2 |Add new layer of paint.
 }}
 == Troubleshooting ==
+This is how to troubleshoot basic operation of the wood chips and the benches in the outdoor teaching area.
-This is only how to troubleshoot basic operation. For complex issues, the solution might just say contact ________. It should be a table in this format:
 {| class="wikitable"
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 |-
-| Example issue
+| Wood chips wash away
-| Example solution or suggestion
+| Add additional wood chips to the area
 |-
-| Does not turn on
+| Paint on benches chip
-| Make sure it is plugged in
+| Take bench out, paint area, and place back into ground once paint dries
 |-
-| Another issue
+| Bench comes out of ground
-| Et cetera
+| Dig hole for bench legs, place the bench inside, weigh down with gravel and/or heavy rocks before adding dirt
 |}
 ==Discussion and next steps==
+In the design process, team Banana Pirates had thought through different bench styles as well as adding additional planter beds to the area. A next step for this area would be to add additional planter beds attached to the lower seating for educational purpose.
 == Suggestions for future changes ==
+In the future, Six Rivers Charter High School may want to add a retention wall by the lower bench with pressure treated wood. This would help keep the wood chips and dirt from leaving the area during a heavy rainfall. As well as adding a retention wass, the benches could be secured permanently into the ground with cement so that they can create a more permanent teaching area.
-This is where to lay out suggestions for how to make the project function better in the future.
-==References==
-See [[Help:Footnotes]] for more.
-{{Reflist}}
 [[Category:Engr215 Introduction to Design]]
+[[Category:Six Rivers Charter School]]
+[[Category:Gardening]]
+[[Category:Projects]]