Participatory Design Guide

Participatory Design
Of Parks, Playgrounds & Gardens

Activity Guide
Schools K-12 & Community Groups
by Paula Hewitt
Participatory Design of Parks, Playgrounds & Gardens
Activity Guide for Schools and Community Groups

This guide is an excerpt, containing
Chapters 1 & 2
Organizing and Fact Finding
by Paula Hewitt, copyright 2000

Permission to reproduce or adapt pages from this guide for non-profit and educational use is granted with the
acknowledgement of the author as the source on all copies.

Acknowledgements
Thank you to:

Tim Rutgers, who has developed and field tested participatory design activities with me with groups of all ages
since 1992.

Selim Iltus who has provided outstanding training on participatory design programs.

Roger Hart who has published inspiring materials on participatory design.

Thomas Outerbridge, Jill Herman, Santiago Taveras, Rose Harvey, Andy Stone, Ted Harrison, Edie Stone &
Emma deCaires for creating and supporting participatory design and planning programs.

Maddalena Polletta, Nando Rodriguez, Beatriz Sanchez, Raphael Santiago, Franceska Santiago, Carmen
Sanchez, Ianthe Jackson, John Reddick, Jasiman Lopez, and Jake Li who have field tested participatory design
programs with me with children, teenagers & adults in schools, parks, playgrounds, and community gardens.

Children, teens & adults, including teachers K-12, park and playground volunteers, and gardeners, who have
field tested these activities in playgrounds, gardens, & public parks.

How you can contribute to this guide
If you would like to send activity guides and worksheets you create in response to this guide, please do and I'll
provide them to others and acknowledge your contribution. Include your name, the ages of your design team
members, and the type of site you designed. Send them to PaulaEHewitt@aol.com.

Table of Contents

Activity Plans
Participatory Design Process 1
Materials needed 2
Meet students, teachers, custodian, neighbors 3
Decide who to involve in your project 4
Create your design team 5
Organize your project 6
Model Game 7
Visit your site. Study site & peoples use 8
Sensory Activities 9
Simple maps from memory 10
Study your site perimeter. Find & make maps 11
Study rain, puddles, and drains 12
Make maps & base model of your site 13
Write survey questions 14
Organizing survey answers 15
Visit parks and playgrounds 16
Interviewing experts for design principles 17

Worksheets
Site conditions 19
Play Value 20
Play Opportunities 21
Information you need to know 22
2D Model Game informtion 23
Sun and shade studies 24
Study how rain flows across your site 25
Study puddles after it rains 26
Map drains 27
How people use the place 28
Creating a timeline 29
Map neighborhood resources 31
Graph paper (1 squares) 32

OASISNYC Guides
Find a Park and its Stewards 33
Find Community Gardens 35
Find Green Space in a Neighborhood 39
Find your Forest by Subway 42
Find Harbor Estuary Program Important Areas 46
Find a Natural Area near You 50
Find Waterfront Access in your Neighborhood 54
Find Ferry Transportation in Lower Manhattan 58
Find your Local Representative 62
Find Historic Sites 65
OASIS Community Planning Game 68
Participatory Design Process

1. Organizing
Meet with students, teachers, custodian, neighbors
Create your design team
Decide what you need to know
Learn what you can and can't do
Plan your budget and timeline
Train adults, teenagers, and kids
Select your site, project, or theme

2. Fact finding
Study your site (perimeter, sun/shade, soil)
Find or make maps and a base model of your site
Study people near your site and people who will use it
Study people's current use and desires for the design
Learn about neighborhood and citywide resources

3. Generating design ideas
Make drawings and lists of design ideas
Make moveable model pieces of design ideas
Generate design ideas on the model

4. Creating a design
Create design ideas on the model
Negotiate over designs
Create designs the team agrees to and present
them to the community and owner of the land

5. Building the new design
Plan a construction timeline
Plan community construction and professional construction
Create what your team has designed & create programs in it

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Design and Construction materials
It's good to gather these ahead of time, and keep them in one place for these projects

For Drawing and writing For Measuring For 2D Paper models
plain unlined paper 12' tape measures construction paper
lined paper 100' tape measures plain paper
pencils 1 foot rulers scissors
pens yardsticks pencils/pens
colored pencils
erasers
pencil sharpeners
clipboards

For 3D models For Testing (optional) For Construction
sand, soil, small rocks soil test kit (pH) hammer
twigs, sticks, branches water test kit nails
Cardboard or wood base microscope scrap lumber
clay (non-hardening) lumber
thin wire (easily bending)
construction paper
light cardboard
popsicle sticks/toothpicks
glue
paint
food coloring

For Research
yellow pages
catalogues for products you want to buy
computer with internet (optional)
computer with design programs (optional)
access to a telephone (optional)

Activity Plan

1A: Meet with students, teachers, custodian, neighbors

Goal
This meeting will be with everyone involved in your design project. The goal of this first meeting is
to find out who will work together, when, and how. This information will change as your project
moves forward. This first meeting will let people know where to begin.

Objectives
Everyone at the meeting will know
1. where your project or "site" is and who the leader of your design project is.
2. what you'll be designing, your timeline, funding & resources available.
3. what a design team is & what Participatory Design is.
4. who will be on the design team for your project.

Materials & Resources
Handout "Participatory Design Process" One for each person.
Map of your site from OASIS, www.oasisnyc.org (optional)

Activity Steps
1. Learn who the leader is for this project. If there's no leader yet, the group should choose one. The
leader will briefly describe their role. The leader will facilitate the following steps.
2. Make sure everyone knows the site you'll be working on. Look at the OASIS map.
3. Read "Participatory Design Process" together. Discuss each step. Give examples of activities.
4. Discuss the plan for your site. Are you designing a new park or garden? Re-designing one?
5. Discuss your funding and resources.
6. Discuss how the team will be selected. Will the leader choose them? Will they be elected? How?
7. Plan when the team will meet.
8. Review Activity Plan 1B, Create your design team.

Evaluation
Each person will be able to describe all of the information in the "Objectives" section. You'll have a
leader for the project. You'll have a design team, or a plan for how to organize one.

Activity Plan

1A & B: Decide who to involve in your project

Goal
You'll begin to make some decisions about all of the people who you want and need to involve in
your project. This list will grow as your project does.

Objectives
Each person will be able to:
1. describe who should be involved in the project
2. describe how to involve different groups and individuals

Activity Steps:
1. Discuss: Many people need to be involved in a large and complicated project like a public park.
Ask your group to name people who should be involved by asking: Who knows about the site? Who
cares about it? Who cleans it? Who will be affected by changes in its design? Who will use the new
place? Who owns it? Who's funding it?

2. Here are some suggestions for your group to discuss. Your group should decide who should be
involved in each area, then let the community know how they decided this.

The first column is people who should be represented on a design team. Decide with your design
team who you'll invite to public meetings, who you'll ask to do research on the site, who you'll
survey, and who you'll interview. Who needs to approve your design?

Design Team Public Meetings Research Surveys Interviews

Children
Teenagers
Teachers
School Staff
Parents
Principal
Custodian
Owner
Architect
Community groups
Neighbors

3. Next, discuss political outreach. Will you involve your council person, community planning
board, school district superintendent, parks commissioners? Decide who to contact, how to contact
them, and how you hope to involve them in your project.

Activity Plan

1B: Create your design team

Goal
The design team will be organized. They'll hold their first team meeting.

Objectives
1. People who represent the diverse community around your site will be on the team
2. People on the team will understand their role and the Participatory Design Process.
3. You'll create a schedule of design team meetings, classes, and public sessions.

"Participatory Design Process" handout for each person.
Map of your site from OASIS, www.oasisnyc.org (optional)

Activity Steps
1. If the team is being elected democratically, hold elections. If the team will not be elected, the
leader should choose team members.

People who should be represented on the team:

A) Children
B) Teenagers
C) Teachers, the principal, & the custodian (if your project is on school property)
D) Parks workers (if your project is on Parks Department property)
E) Neighbors
F) Parents
G) Organizations who can help out
H) An architect (for parks or playgrounds)

2. Organize a meeting for the team, and review the following information. If people on your design
team were at your first meeting, the leader can ask them to present some of this information.

A) Discuss how the team was selected or elected.
B) Make sure everyone knows the site you'll be working on. Look at the OASIS map. Who owns it?
C) Review "Participatory Design Process" together. Discuss each step. Give examples of activities.
D) Discuss the plan and timeline for your project.
E) Discuss your funding and resources.
F) Plan when & where the team will meet. (Ex: once a week for one hour for 3 to 4 months in the
community room of the school).
G) Plan a schedule for school classes and public sessions. Come up with a teacher training plan.
H) Come up with a decision making process. Voting? Consensus? The leader decides after debate?
I) Identify decisions already made about the project. Identify what decisions this team can make.

Activity Plan

1C, D, E, & F: Organize your project

Goal
The design team will collect and organize some basic information needed for the design project.
They'll make some decisions about the information that will be gathered in the future.

Objectives
Everyone will understand:
1. information the team needs to know to do a good design
2. what the team can and can't design at the site
3. the current budget
4. the timeline for the project

Worksheet 1: "Information you need to know"
Worksheet 2: "2D Model Game information"
Worksheet 3: "Creating a timeline for your project"

Activity Steps
Have someone write on a large sheet of paper information that the group calls out:

1) Make a list of all of the information you already know about the site.

2) Identify decisions already made about the project. Identify what decisions this team can make.
For example, can the project be a community garden, or must it be a playground? Can the project be
open to the public, or is it only for a school's use?

3) Make a list of everything you want to find out about the site (without looking at the worksheets)

4) Hand out worksheets 1 & 2, and discuss any things on this list your group didn't name.

5. Come up with a complete list of everything your group wants to know about your site & people.

6. Discuss the current budget for your project, and where the funding is coming from. Find sample
park and playground budgets so you can begin to understand the costs involved.

7. Use worksheet 3 to come up with a large moveable wall timeline for your project. This will
change as your project moves along, so make the timeline changeable.

Activity Plan
1F: Model Game
Play this model game to train people to work together, use information, and negotiate over designs.

Goal: Each team will design an imaginary park. This place will meet the needs of teens, kids,
teachers, and neighbors of all ages. You'll work as a team to create a design. When your design is
finished you'll present it to the other teams and show how it meets the needs of each group of people.
Rules: Teenagers, kids, and adults play together equally. Everyone moves pieces at the same time.

This game follows a 5 step Participatory Design Process:
1) Organizing 2) Fact Finding 3) Generating Design Ideas 4) Creating a Design 5) Building the
Place.

1. Organizing
Imagine your design team has already been elected by members of your community, you've chosen a
site, you've organized your plan, and you've set up your scheduled times to meet.

2. Fact Finding:
Your team has learned the following information from surveys, interviews, and studies of your lot
and neighborhood: Your vacant lot is 160ft by 128ft with nothing on it but weeds. The area has full
sun all day. The wind blows from south to north west across the site. There are no drains and
puddles form in the center. No one uses this lot now. Next to this lot are a high school, a mosque, a
church, small businesses, day care centers, drug dealing and gangs, youth groups, and hundreds of
neighbors. Teenagers said they would love to have an area where they can chill outside with friends,
but in shady areas. They'd also love to have a place to play real sports, because their school does not
have a gym. They'd like to raise and sell plants to make some money, and see wildlife. Teachers
want a place where they can take kids for recess, have a class in session, a place to have
performances, garden beds, and a place where educational projects can take place. Neighbors want a
place for young kids & teens to play, and a place where people can go to get peace and quiet to read
a book, a place to grow plants, and lie on grass. Children want to play in water, sand, dirt, and also
like running and rolling on grass, but there's no grass in the neighborhood. They'd also like to climb,
jump, and swing.

Look at a map from www.oasisnyc.org or www.mapquest.com. Find the streets and parks nearby.

3. Generating Design Ideas: You are Here:
Today you will generate design ideas that represent all the ideas you gathered from surveys,
interviews, and neighborhood studies. Have everyone on the team move pieces around on the model.

4. Creating a Design:
The design on the model will keep changing until you all decide the design meets the needs of all the
groups. If one group is still not having its needs met in your design, work on your design until it
works for everyone. If you argue or disagree, stay respectful, and keep going back to the site &
people information to make your point.

5. Building the Place
When your design meets all of the group's needs you have won this game. Imagine your team will
now build this beautiful place for your community.
Activity Plan

2A,C,D: Visit your site. Study site conditions & people's use

Goal
You'll visit the site to see the areas you'll be able to work on. You'll see a large simple map of the
site and another map of the neighborhood so you can be familiar with gardens, parks, buildings and
vacant lots near your site. You'll meet people at the site, and see people using the site. You'll see and
hear about conditions at the site. You'll collect information and put it on a map.

Objectives
Eveyone will:
1. know how to locate the site on a neighborhood map, and read a large map of the site with
measurements and "north arrow".
2. know areas available for your project.
3. learn information about the site
4. put information on a large map
5. observe people using the site and meet them

A project leader, parks worker, custodian, (someone who represents the site and knows it)
People using the site, all different ages
Worksheets: "Site Conditions" and "How people use the place"
Simple outline map of the site (hand drawn or from oasisnyc.org)
Neighborhood map showing 10 to 12 blocks around the site (from oasisnyc.org)
Blank paper
Clipboards

Activity Steps
1. Give each person a large simple map of the site with measurements of the length and width. Find
the north arrow on the map, and point to north on the site. If necessary play a quick game of
stepping north, south, east, and west so each person knows this.

2. Hear a brief history of the place from a project leader, parks worker, custodian, gardener, or
another person who represents the site and knows it well. Walk around in a large group and see areas
available for your project.

3. In small groups (5 to 6 people) look at neighborhood maps from oasisnyc.org. Read the key and
see gardens, parks, buildings, and lots in the neighborhood. The facilitator can make sure people
understand the key and the map.

4. Break into groups of 2 or 3 people and walk around the site with a clipboard and fill out "Site
Conditions" worksheet.

5. In groups of 2 or 3 walk around and fill out "How people use the site" Worksheets.

Activity Plan

2A Sensory Activities

Goal
You'll learn more about your site through sensory activities

Objectives
Each person will have a more personal understanding of the site

Activity Steps:
Go out to your site and do one of the following sensory activities.

A: Lead people across the site blindfolded. Ask them to notice sounds and smells. While they're
walking, ask them if they know where they are on the site.

B: Find all of the colors you can in your site.

C: Find all of the living things you can in your site. Which are plants and which are animals?

D: Find all the walls, fences, structures, and other 3 dimensional objects. Touch them and notice
their textures.

E: Walk around the site and notice the sounds in each area of the site.

F: Walk around and notice all the smells in your site.

G: Ask people if they know which direction they're facing. Bring a compass. Draw a north arrow on
the ground. Ask the whole group to jump north, south, east, west. Play it as a game like Simon Says.

H: Ask people if they can tell the slope of the site. Can they feel if the ground is slanted? Can they
see the slope? Roll a ball or pour water on the site. Does it roll to the low point?

I: Feel where it's warmer, and where it's colder. Why? Is it because of sun and shadows? Because of
wind? Where are the windy areas of the site? Go stand in them.

J: Ask people to go to the area of the site where they feel safest. Then ask them to go where they feel
least safe, if it is in fact safe to do so. Ask them to go where they feel most happy, and least happy.
Why do they feel this way about these areas?

2. Come inside and draw, write in journals & make maps of your sensory experiences.

Activity Plan

2B Simple maps from memory

Goal
You'll create simple maps of places you know.

Objectives
1. create their own unique map
2. label areas of their map
3. present their map to the group

Activity Steps:
1. Give each person blank paper and a pencil. Ask them to create one of the following maps. If they
like, they can make important areas larger than the rest, or not.

A. A map of your body

B. A map of the room you sleep in

C. A map of the place where you live

D. A map of your neighborhood.

E. A map of your schoolroom

F. A map of your school

G. A map of the site you are designing, the way it looks now

2. After they're done, write some labels on the board related to the subject you chose. Ask for
suggestions of labels, and write them down too. Ask people to label their maps.

3. Ask people to volunteer if they'd like to present their maps to the group.

Activity Plan

2A,B. Study your site (perimeter). Find & make maps.

Goal
You'll make some simple maps with perimeter measurements that you can use to study your site.

Objectives
Each person will
1. learn how to measure the perimeter
2. learn how to calculate the area (optional)
3. make a map of the site with accurate measurements written on each side.
The map will not have any site details or elevations. It will not be to scale.

Map of the site from www.oasisnyc.org, or from a city map, or drawn by you.
sample maps for discussion: subway, garden, bike maps, apartment/kitchen floor plans
For each team: a measuring tape. 100 foot is best, 25 foot is good.
For each student: 1 clipboard, 1 crude site map, blank paper, a pencil and eraser

Activity Steps
Indoors, about 15 minutes

1. Group discussion: Some information is more clear on a map than in words. Show examples.

2. Hands on work in small groups
Break into 4 groups of 2 to 8 people each. Each group needs a side of your site to measure. If your
site has more than 4 sides choose groups to measure more than one side. Give each student a map of
the site, either hand drawn by you, from a city map, or from oasisnyc.org. Plan which group will
measure which side. Give each group a number, 1 through 4, and have them write their number on
the side they'll be measuring. Plan how to measure and make the notes so it's all consistent.

Outdoors, about 20 minutes

1. Whole group: Walk the whole site together, either inside or outside the gate. If there are obstacles
in the way of people walking or measuring plan your way around them.

2. Small groups: Break into groups. Have each group go off and measure. It should take a group 10
to 15 minutes to measure a side of the site.

3. Whole group: If you have a place to sit together outdoors then finish up there. If not go back to
class. Have each group call out their measurements. Each person writes the measurement on their
map. Check measurements for accuracy. Each person then copies the map onto their blank sheet of
paper to create their own finished map with perimeter measurements.

Activity Plan

2A Study rain, puddles, and drains

Goal
You'll study the rain, puddles, and drains at your site so you can take water into account in your
design.

Objectives
1. show the direction of rain flow across your site
2. measure the depth and show the shape of a puddle
3. show the high and low points of the site, and understand "slope"
4. describe the location and condition of drains

Worksheets, 1 for each person or small group
"Study how rain flows across your site"
"Study puddles after it rains"
"Map drains"

Activity Steps:
You can study puddles and drains the day after it rains. You need to study the rain flow while it's
actually raining. You can study puddles and drains while it's raining too.

1. Discuss:
Draw a map of your site on the board and label the streets and main features. Ask the group what
direction they think the rain flows across the site. Ask, why is this important? Discuss possible
problems with drains (they can get clogged with leaves, soil, trash). Discuss problems with puddles
(they interfere with play, breed mosquitoes, etc.

Draw a triangle on the board with a flat bottom, and introduce the idea of "slope". Ask which
direction water flows in on the triangle you drew. Draw an arrow showing their answer. They'll find
the slope of their site by seeing how water flows across it.

Go out to your site and walk around filling out each worksheet.
Come back inside and look at the worksheets, and answer the questions on each one.

Activity Plan

2B Make a map & base model of your site

Goal
You'll make a map, which will also be the base of your model. You'll use this later as a base to create
your designs on.

Objectives
Each person will
1. learn how to change your site's perimeter measurements to the scale of your model
2. learn how to calculate the area (optional)
3. work with a small group to make a base model of the site with accurate measurements written on
each side. The map will not have any site details or elevations. It will be in scale.
4. understand the concept of "scale"

Map of the site with measurements. Aerial photo of the site and map from www.oasisnyc.org.
sample maps for discussion: subway, garden, bike maps, apartment/kitchen floor plans
For each student: 1 site map with accurate perimeter measurements, ruler, pencil and eraser
yardsticks
18" by 24" paper or cardboard. If your site's smaller than 180' by 240' you'll need 1 for each group.
Optional: For each team: 1" square blocks (300), or 1" square graph paper, cut into 300 squares

Activity Steps
1. Group discussion:
Show subway, city maps. Explain how scale is used to make large things fit on smaller pieces of
paper. If a map is "in scale" it's exactly the same shape as the real place, but a different size.
The scale of your base model will be 1" = 10'. Draw a map of the site on the board. Write the
perimeter measurements on each side. Divide each by 10. Change it from feet to inches. Draw a new
map and put the new measurements on it. For example, if your real site is 100' by 200' you'll write
10" by 20" on the new map. This is the map size the small groups will create.

2. Hands on work in small groups
It's best to have 3 people in each group, but you can have up to 5.

If your group is older, they can divide the real site's measurements by 10 themselves & convert it
from feet to inches. They will use the yardsticks to draw the site on the big piece of paper or
cardboard. They'll write the real site measurements on each side.

If your group is younger (or needs some help with scale), they can lay the 1" blocks or paper squares
on the big piece of paper or cardboard. For example, if your drawing on the board says 10" by 20",
they'll lay 10 blocks across, 20 blocks up, then fill in the inside. They'll trace around them and write
the measurements of your real site on each side.

If it's too difficult for your group to make the maps, you can prepare 10 maps ahead of time. Have
small groups fill the maps with the 1" blocks or paper squares in order to understand the map's scale.

Activity Plan

2C, D: Write survey questions

Goal
You'll create a survey to give out to people in your community and school. You'll plan a way to
distribute the survey, and get it back so you can organize the answers.

Objectives
1. Write and choose survey questions that will provide specific types of information
2. contribute to a plan for distributing and getting back surveys

A list of who you want to survey from "Who should you involve in your project?'
Paper and pencil for each person
Samples of survey questions

Activity Steps:
1. You need to decide who you're writing questions for. Choose a person from the list of who you
want to survey. Repeat this activity for each person you write questions for.

It's best to have only a few survey questions so people don't rush through them or give you answers
you can't use. There are different types of questions; multiple choice, yes/no, and open ended.
Multiple choice and yes/no are easiest to organize later. Open ended questions are harder to organize
but give you some useful, unexpected answers.

2. Hand out sample survey questions. Read them over together. Discuss:
Which questions let you know the following information?
A. Who the person is answering your survey. Their age, gender, where they live.
B. What they know about your site now, and in the past.
C. How they use the place now. What they love about it, and hate about it.
D. What they'd like to be able to do in the new place.
E. How they could help.

Ask people to each write a few questions of their own. Have them read them and discuss which ones
will provide the best information. Choose 5 or 6 questions for your survey.

3. Write a short description of your project to put at the top of your survey. Include who you are,
what you're creating, when & where you're meeting, when you hope to complete your new park, and
who you're creating the new place for.

4. If you're working together with a design team, give your first draft survey to them so they can
choose questions for the final survey. If you're distributing it yourselves, decide how you'll get it to
people, how you'll get it back, and when you need it back by.

Activity Plan

2C, D: Organize Survey Answers

Goal
You'll organize your survey results so you can use the information for your design work.

Objectives
1. come up with ideas for organizing the survey results
2. organize survey answers

Surveys people have returned to you filled out
Paper and pencil for each person
Samples of survey results in lists, bar graphs, and charts.

Activity Steps:
1. Discuss:
Some of the things you need to know from the surveys are:
A. How people use the site now, so you don't change things they love about the site.
B. A list of the top 10 to 12 things people would like to be able to do in the new place.
C. Problems with the site that you might be able to solve with your design.

2. Hand out sample survey results. Read them over together. Discuss the following:
Which ways of organizing the survey results is the simplest? Which ways give you the most useful
information? Choose a format that seems best.

3. Discuss the best method of getting the survey format you chose. If you chose bar graphs, how do
you need to organize the answers to get a graph?

4. Give each person a stack of surveys and have them organize the information. At the end of the
session add up each person's results and tell the whole group the total. As more surveys come in,
continue with this process.

Activity Plan

2E: Visit gardens and green spaces

Goal
You'll visit a variety of gardens and green spaces. You'll be able to learn about the environmental
value of each place. You'll learn about environmental resources in your neighborhood, city, and
region. You'll learn the measurements of planting beds, benches, structures, and pathways. You'll
also get new design inspiration from seeing some beautiful and unusual gardens and green spaces.

Objectives
1. Enjoy and explore each new environment
2. Evaluate the environmental value of each place
3. Describe the environmental resources already available in your neighborhood
4. measure garden and green space areas
5. describe new garden and green space design ideas from their visits

Worksheet "Environmental Value"
Worksheet "Environmental Resources"
Paper, pencil, and clipboard (5)
25' Measuring tape or yardsticks (5)

Activity Steps:
1. Set up visits to gardens and green spaces, like community gardens, green parks, botanical gardens,
farms, urban fringe areas (wetlands, fields) and wilderness areas. Find some that have a wide variety
of resources and environmental areas, and ones that are not a healthy example of an environmental
resource. If possible, set up visits to all garden, green spaces, parks and playgrounds within 3 blocks
of your site.

2. At each place have 1/2 the people in your group explore and have half split up and do the
following activities. Take turns and be sure everyone gets to explore.
3. Watch people explore and fill out the worksheet "Environmental Value"
4. Measure:
A. the distance between trees, shrubs, and perennial planting areas
B. the height and width of benches, tables, and other structures
C. the width and length of pathways
D. the width and length of playing fields and other play areas
E. any other important features
Write these measurements down. Add measurements of any other important areas.
Have people write design and environmental experiences in journals after every site visit. After you
have visited all of the environments within 3 blocks of your site, fill out the worksheet
"Environmental Resources".

Activity Plan

2E: Interview Experts for Design Principles

Goal:
You'll interview people who can tell you what they think is important in a park design.

Activity Steps:
Circle the design principles that are most important to your design team. Write interview questions
that will give you information on those subjects. Set up interviews with people your team can learn
design principles from.

Landscape Designer/Architect
Site conditions and people's needs have been studied, and the design fits the site & people
Slope, entrances/exits, sun/shade, drainage, and nearby buildings have been studied
The design is beautiful to the people who will use it
Plants will fit the place as they grow over time
Seating and tables are spread all around the place, and social groups can have their turf

Custodian
The place is beautiful and has a positive impact on nearby buildings, sidewalks, streets
The place is very easy to clean, maintain, and repair
All of the equipment and furniture will last a long time
People respect the place and help to keep it clean
Waste can be recycled and composted and the place won't attract rodents and roaches

Parks worker
The design fits community needs and doesn't duplicate the park next door
Different groups can do different things there at the same time
The place is very easy to clean, maintain, and repair
The place can take a lot of people, and people feel very welcome
People can help keep the place clean; garbage cans, maintenance supplies are available

Community Gardener
The place can be used for many activities (barbecues, gardening, play, education)
People can gather in the place, and they feel welcome coming in
People can grow their own plants in their own beds, and help in common areas
The place looks good from outside the fence
The place is easy to keep clean; composting areas are clean and easy to use
The place improves the whole block, and builds community spirit

Professional Gardener
Plants are well chosen for soil conditions, sun/shade, drainage
Maintenance of the plants is easy; water is available nearby
There is a good diversity of plants. Plants are chosen that work well together
The plants are beautiful in every season

Carpenter
Designs are clear and easy to build and materials chosen are appropriate to the design
Activity Plan

Structures are very well built, strong, won't fall apart, and can be repaired

Planner
The block, neighborhood, city, region, and bioregion are considered in the design

Geologist
The layers of bedrock, sand, silt, and soil under the site support the design

Biologist
The needs of each organism are provided for in the design, now and long term
People can learn about biology by interacting with organisms in the place
Signs describe unseen biological processes
Surface water, groundwater and watershed are considered and protected in the design

Farmer
The place can produce a lot of food and other marketable products
The food produced on the site is of great quality and it's economical to produce
You can wash, pack and sell the food on site, or easily transport it from the site

Wilderness worker
Needs of wildlife (migratory birds, insects) are studied and accommodated in the design
The impact of the site on groundwater is studied; the site does not pollute groundwater
The place will evolve over time into a natural looking, sustainable ecosystem

Camper/hiker
The place provides peaceful areas to be alone with nature
The place is a good site to learn orienteering and camping skills (room for tents, cooking)

Teacher/childcare worker/parent
The place is safe, and it's easy to see everyone in it from one or two spots
The place supports cognitive development, and fine motor and gross motor skills
There are places to eat, read, to sit quietly alone and in groups, and to play
Signs, labels, stories, and photos give information and show how the place was created
People can play with sand, water, soil, rocks, and other "moveable parts"

Participatory Design Facilitator
The place allows for ongoing re-design and re-construction according to new ideas, needs
The participatory design process is documented and displayed so people can get involved

Ecologist/Permaculture designer
The place is sustainable with very little effort, waste products are well used
The place uses resources wisely (water, human effort, construction materials, space)
The place attracts and supports a diversity of organisms (soil microbes, birds, humans)
Trees, vines, shrubs, and other perennial plants are the core of the design
Inputs (rain, activity, seeds) and outputs (plants, gasses, waste) are ecologically balanced

Worksheet
From Participatory Design by Paula Hewitt copyright 2000 19
Names of your group members_____________________________________________Date _____

Site Conditions

Break into groups of 2 or 3 people each and walk around with this worksheet and a large simple map
of your site. Have each group observe these conditions and write notes about them and show
information about them on the map.

1. Trees and large shrubs and bushes

2. Sun and shade

3. Steps, slopes, hills, high and low areas

4. Drains, puddles, ponds, streams, source of water

5. Nearby buildings and walls

6. Surfaces (grass, sidewalk, brick paths, blacktop, dirt or soil, sand, woodchips)

7. Entrances, exits

8. Pathways

9. Fencing

10. Birds, insects, animals

11. Trash

13. Broken equipment

Also make notes about these conditions on your map.

Worksheet
Name: __________________________________________________Date: ___________
Name of the Park or Playground you visited: ___________________________________

Play Value
Circle all of the activities you were able to do in the park or playground you visited.

Activity
Playing on play equipment
Running on blacktop
Running and playing on grass
Lying and rolling on grass
Ball games (which ones?) __________________________________________________
Jumping
Climbing
Sliding
Jump rope
Hop scotch
Talking
Screaming
Laughing
Sitting quietly
Reading
Writing
Digging
Planting
Playing with water
Eating
Board games (which ones? _________________________________________________
Climbing wall/rock climbing
Theatre activities
Films (seeing them, showing them)
Cultural activities (which ones?)_____________________________________________
Add more activities you were able to do in the place you visited:
_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

Please rate the Play Value of this place (circle one)

Excellent Good Fair Bad Terrible

Why did you give the place this Play Value?

Worksheet
Name: __________________________________________________Date: ___________

Play Opportunities

Circle all of the activities people can do NOW within 3 blocks of your site.

Activity
Playing on play equipment
Running on blacktop
Running and playing on grass
Lying and rolling on grass
Ball games (which ones?) __________________________________________________
Jumping
Climbing
Sliding
Jump rope
Hop scotch
Talking
Screaming
Laughing
Sitting quietly
Reading
Writing
Digging
Planting
Playing with water
Eating
Board games (which ones? _________________________________________________
Climbing wall/rock climbing
Theatre activities
Films (seeing them, showing them)
Cultural activities (which ones?)_____________________________________________
Add more activities you know about within 3 blocks:
_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

Please write play or cultural activities NOT available within 3 blocks that you think should be
available in your community. Use the back of this sheet if you need to.

Worksheet
Information you need to know

Here's some information you'll need to know to design a public park, playground, or garden. Add
what your group has decided you need to find out to design your project.

1. How the area is currently used, when it's used, for what, and by who.

2. A timeline and a budget for your new design and construction project

3. A map to scale of the site

4. Underground conditions (drains, electrical lines, contamination, soil quality, holes)

5. Sun and shade conditions

6. How water moves on the site and where puddles form

7. The slope of the site

8. How wind moves across the site

9. Plants and animals living on or near the site

10. Who will use the new place and when (age, gender, physical ability).

11. Top areas desired by the people who will use it

12. Access and exit points and traffic patterns around the site.

13. Neighborhood open spaces near the site

14. The design process you plan to use, and the level of participation of children, landowner,
architect, teachers, gardeners, and other important people.

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

Worksheet

2D Model Game Information

You'll need this information you've collected to play the 2D model game. Type it up in the format of
the "2D Model Game" and use it to play the game. Keep it simple, and try to fit it on one page.

1: Organizing:
Where is your project located? What will it be when you're done? (a park/playground/garden?)
Who is funding it? Who's leading the project?
Who is working on your design project? Students? Parents? Community groups?
Where do you meet and how often? When did you start working on this project?
Who will the playground be for? A school? Community? Little kids? Teens? Everyone?

2: Fact Finding:
What is the exact location of your site (next to the school? in a corner of a park?)
What does it look like now? (empty asphalt? grass?)
Who owns it?
How much funding do you have?
Who will take care of it?
When will it be open? Will it be open to the public?
Where are the sunny and shady areas? Where are puddles after it rains?
What are the perimeter measurements? What is its shape?
What are the traffic patterns (optional)
How is it used now? By who?
What activities are already available in parks and playgrounds within 3 blocks of your site?
Which activities are not available?
What do the following people hope to see in your new design?

Children
Teenagers
Parents
Teachers
Neighbors
Physical Education Teacher
Custodian
Principal
Playground supervisors
Community Groups

Worksheet
Sun and shade studies

Draw a simple map of your site below. Walk around your site and see the shadows cast by buildings
and walls. Draw around the shadows with chalk. Write the time of day next to the shadows. Play or
walk around the site for 15 minutes. Come back and see how the shadows have moved. Draw around
the shadows and write the time of day again. Transfer these drawings to your map.

Other activities: Draw around a persons shadow. Stand 5 minutes and see how it moves.

Where are the sunny areas of your site right now? ____________ What time is it?
Where is east?____________Where do you think it will be sunny & shady later in the day?

Worksheet

2A: Study how rain flows across your site

Draw a simple map of your site in the space below. Go out with some good rain gear and visit your
site while it's raining. Draw with chalk on the ground to show the direction that rain is flowing.
Draw around each puddle with chalk. Put pennies in each puddle to see how deep each one is. Next
to each puddle write in chalk how many pennies deep it is. Transfer your chalk drawings to your
maps. Then answer the questions below.

What side of your site is the rain flowing toward? ______________________________________
How many puddles did you find? __________ What areas had a lot of puddles? _________How
deep was your deepest puddle? _________ Where was it? ________________________________
Where do you think the low point of your site is?____________ Where do you think the high point
is? __________________________

Worksheet

2A: Study puddles after it rains

Draw a simple map of your site in the space below. Visit your site the day after it has rained. Check
in the newspaper for the amount of rainfall the day before. Draw around each puddle with chalk. Put
pennies in each puddle to see how deep each one is. Next to each puddle write in chalk how many
pennies deep it is. Transfer your chalk drawings to your maps. Then answer the questions below.

How many puddles did you find? __________ What areas had a lot of puddles? _________How
deep was your deepest puddle? _________ Where was it? ________________________________
How many inches of rainfall did you have yesterday? ____ Where do you think the low point of
your site is?____________ Where do you think the high point is? __________________________

Worksheet

2A: Map Drains

Draw a simple map of your site in the space below. Visit your site and circle all the drains with
chalk. Draw the drains on and around your site on this map. Answer the questions below.

Are there puddles around the drains? ____ Do the drains have any leaves, sticks, or
mud in them? _____ How many drains are in your site? ___ How many are nearby?

Worksheet
Names of your group members_______________________________________ Date____________

How People Use the Place

1. Observe people using your site. Draw a simple map of the site in the space below, & show what
they're doing and where. Use the list below to put information on your map, and add your own.

2. Circle what you see people doing on this list.

Running Playing board games Playing basketball Add more things you see:

Jumping Talking Playing field sports _________________________

Digging Reading Playing tag _________________________

Watering Sitting Playing jump rope _________________________

Planting Eating Doing schoolwork _________________________

Talking Taking care of children Fighting _________________________
Worksheet
Creating a timeline for your project

Use this list to create a large moveable timeline for your wall. Cut out or write the steps in the design
process. Put them on a large piece of paper, along with the date you began each step. Put drawings,
photographs, and examples of your work under each section.

1. Organizing

a. Meet with students, teachers, custodian, neighbors

b. Create your design team

c. Decide what you need to know

d. Learn what you can and can't do

e. Plan your budget and timeline

f. Train adults, teenagers, and kids

g. Select your site, project, or theme

2. Fact finding

a. Study your site (perimeter, sun/shade, soil)

Visit your site. Study site conditions and people

Study your site's perimeter. Find & make maps of your site.

Study rain, puddles, and drains

Study sun and shade

b. Find or make maps and a base model of your site

Make maps with perimeter measurements

Make maps from memory of site conditions & how people use it

c. Study people near your site and people who will use it

Decide who to survey and interview

Write survey questions

d. Study people's current use and desires for the design
Worksheet

Organize survey answers

Observe people using the site

e. Learn about neighborhood and citywide resources

Visit parks and playgrounds

Interview experts for design principles

Find community groups to use your new site & help with your project

3. Generating design ideas

a. Make drawings and lists of design ideas

b. Make moveable model pieces of design ideas

c. Generate design ideas on the model

4. Creating a design

a. Create design ideas on the model

b. Negotiate over designs

c. Create designs the team agrees to and present
them to the community and owner of the land

5. Building the new design

Plan a construction timeline

Plan community construction and professional construction

Create what your team has designed & create programs in it

Worksheet
Map Neighborhood Resources

Draw a simple map of your site below. Walk around your neighborhood, discuss, and map where
you might find people (volunteers, local teens, parents, school staff & kids) that can help with your
project. Choose labels from the list below and add new ones unique to your community.

1. Schools 2. Block Associations 3. Youth groups 4. Community Groups 5. Schools
6. Parent groups 7. Gardens 8. Neighbors 9. Teenagers 10. Volunteers 11. Stores
12. Mosque 13. Church 14. Synagogue 15. Parks & Playgrounds

Draw places on your map where you might find these people resources. Add more resources in
your community.__________________________________________________________________

Copyright Open Road, 2004. Permission is granted to copy and use for non-profit educational purposes. For any
other use permission is required in advance. Contact us at OpenRoadNY@aol.com.

TITLE: FIND A PARK AND ITS STEWARDS
Be aware that websites can be down at any time. Always prepare an alternate plan. If you plan to use
OASIS with a large group, we suggest that you notify CMAP in advance at cmap@nypirg.org

DEVELOPED BY: Open Road, Paula Hewitt

TARGET AUDIENCE: Teenagers or adults

LENGTH OF TIME: 1 session 30-45 minutes

MATERIALS NEEDED: Pen or Pencil
Computer with internet
"Find a Park" guide & worksheet for each person

GROUP SIZE: 1-30

BACKGROUND:
OASIS has created a public website map of every piece of property in NYC. You can
click on each piece of property to find information about it. Each piece of property is
shown as a "lot" on the map and each lot has a "block and lot" number that identifies it
in the city's records. Parks are shown on the map, and groups that help the Parks
Department care for the park are also shown. Groups that care for parks are called
"stewards". An OASIS Stewardship Committee is updating this information for the
website. OASIS is a city-wide coalition of many groups. Look on the web site under
"contact" to see who we all are.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:
Today youll find a park and its stewards on oasisnyc.net. Youll move around the site
and find information about the park, its location on the map, and whether stewardship
information is listed. You'll see an aerial photograph of your park and you'll find the
closest subway line to your park.

VOCABULARY AND CONCEPTS:
Steward, stewardship, block and lot, aerial, coalition

STEPS:
1. Open www.oasisnyc.net.

2. Choose maps from the menu on top. It's a purple rectangle. Click on it.

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3. Under Pick a Map Theme click on the menu and choose Parks and Recreation.

4. Under Pick an Area Click on the menu for "NYC Neighborhood and find your
neighborhood.

5. Now click on Go to the Map.

6. A map is on the screen with your neighborhood on it and your park in the center.

7. Click the "i" icon next to "Identify" from above the map. Click on your park.

8. Scroll down below the map and look at the box called "Organizations that Care for
this Park/Playground". These are your park's stewards.

9. Click on the link to Partnerships for Parks to find out more about what they do. Then
return to the map by clicking the "back" buttons on your browser.

11. To see an aerial photograph of your park, click "unselect all" from above the map,
then click the box next to Aerial Photo and click Refresh Map.

12. Switch back to map view.

13. Now youre going to find the closest subway line to your park. Click the boxes next
to MTA Subway Stations and click Refresh Map.

EVALUATION:
If this guide is successful youll be comfortable moving around on oasisnyc.org. Youll
be able to find a park and its stewards, zoom in and out, use the "identify" tool, and
switch between map and aerial views.

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES:
If youre comfortable moving around on the web site, try these activities:

Print your park by clicking on Print Layout.

Print the aerial photograph of your park.

Find another park in your borough, or find a park in a different borough. Find the
stewards of those parks.

Turn layers and labels on and off and see how this changes your map.


TITLE: FIND YOUR GARDEN

DEVELOPED BY: Open Road Paula Hewitt, Jake Li



"Find Your Garden" guide and worksheet for each person

GROUP SIZE: 1-30

BACKGROUND:
OASIS has created a public website map of every piece of property in NYC. You can
click on each piece of property to find information about it. If you have a community or
school garden in NYC, your garden should be on this map. Each piece of property is
shown as a "lot" on the map, and each lot has a "block and lot" number that identifies it
in the city's records. But property information, including information about gardens, can
be wrong in the city's records. Local groups are correcting this information block by
block, and these corrections are being made to OASIS. OASIS is a city-wide coalition of
many groups. Look on the website under contact to see who we all are.

Today youll find your garden on oasisnyc.net. Youll move around the site and find
information about your garden, including its location on the map, owner, community
board, and block and lot number. Youll see if your garden information is correct on the
website. Then youll find an aerial photograph of your garden on the site.

Community Board, block and lot number, aerial photograph, coalition, pointer, layers

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STEPS:
1. Open www.oasisnyc.net

2. Click on maps from the menu on top.

3. Under Pick a Map Theme click on the menu and choose Property Data.

4. Under Pick an Area click on the menu for NYC Neighborhood and choose your
neighborhood.

5. Click on Go to the Map.

6. The map shows your neighborhood. On the right is a menu of layers and
checkboxes. A left box turns on/off a layer; a right box turns on/off a layers label. Click
the right box next to the Streets layer. Click both boxes next to the Community
Gardens layers. Click refresh map.

7. Look for streets near your garden (if you need to move the map, click on the triangles
around it ). Click the + icon next to Zoom In from above the map. Zoom in
on your garden in one of two ways:
Note: The second choice may not work with Netscape browsers.

1. Click once on any area near your garden.
2. Move your pointer just above and to the left of your garden. Hold down your left
mouse button and drag the pointer down and to the right, drawing a box around your
garden. Let go of the mouse button. The map will zoom to the area you boxed.

Answer questions 1 and 2 on your worksheet.

8. Your garden is on the map. Its green. Click on it to zoom in more.

9. Click the i icon next to Identify from above the map. Click on your garden.

10. Under the map youll see information on your garden. Answer questions 3 to 8 on
your worksheet.

11. Click unselect all from above the map. Click the checkbox next to Aerial Photo
and click refresh map. Now youre going to see an aerial photo of your garden. To see
an aerial photo of the surrounding area, click on the next to zoom out and click on
the map.

EVALUATION:
If this guide is successful, youll be comfortable moving around on oasisnyc.net. Youll
be able to find your garden, zoom in and out, use the "identify" tool, and switch between
map and aerial views. Your worksheet will be completely filled out.


If youre comfortable moving around on the website, try these activities:

Print your garden map and information by going to Print Layout under the map.

Print the aerial photograph of your garden.

Find another garden you know in your neighborhood and find its information.

Find a garden in a different neighborhood.

Explore the other layers under legend. Turn on and off different layers and see what
happens to the map.

Go to the NYC Dept. of Finance website by following the link to their site. Search for
your gardens information. Youll need your Block and Lot numbers, so write them down.

Go to www.cenyc.org and find more information about your garden.


Worksheet: Find Your Garden

Name: ___________________________________________ Date: _________________

1. What street is your garden on? Whats the closest cross street?

2. What is your gardens name?

3. What is your gardens name on the OASIS website?

4. What NYC Council District is in your garden?

5. What community board is your garden in?

Now turn off the NYC Parks layer, refresh the map, and identify your garden
again. Look below the map and answer the following questions.

6. What is the block number? _________ What is the lot number? __________

7. What does it say after Landuse?

8. Who owns your garden?


TITLE: FIND GREEN SPACE IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD


DEVELOPED BY: NY Restoration Project - Jane Jackson
Open Road of NY - Jake Li, Paula Hewitt



"Find Green Space in a Neighborhood" guide and worksheet for
each person

GROUP SIZE: 1-30

BACKGROUND:
OASIS has created a public website map of green spaces in New York City. If a
neighborhood has parks, gardens, or other green areas, the map should show them.
The map also shows property information for these areas. Each property is shown as a
"lot" on the map, and each lot has a "block and lot" number that identifies it in the city's
records. But property information, including information about gardens, can be wrong in
the city's records. Local groups are correcting this information block by block, and these
corrections are being made to OASIS. OASIS is a city-wide coalition of many groups.
Look on the website under "contact" to see who we all are.

Today youll find green spaces in your neighborhood using oasisnyc.net. Youll move
around the website and find information about a green space, including its address,
owner, community board, and block and lot number. Then youll see an aerial
photograph of the green space on the website. Once youve found information for one
neighborhood, you can look at the amount of green space in that neighborhood and
compare it to others in the city.

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VOCABULARY AND CONCEPTS: Community Board, block and lot number, aerial
photograph, coalition, layers, green space

STEPS:



4. Under Pick an Area click on the menu for NYC Neighborhood and choose a
neighborhood.


the box next to the Classified Landcover layer. Click the left box next to these layers:
Community Gardens, Natural Areas, and Wildlife Refuge. Click the right box next to the
Streets layer. Click refresh map at the bottom of the menu.

7. On the map you may see several shades of green. Look at the legend to see the type
of land cover each color represents. Now click the + icon next to Zoom In from above
the map. On the map, pick a green space and zoom in on it in one of two ways:

1. Click once on the green space, or,
2. Move your pointer just above and to the left of the space. Hold down your left
mouse button and drag the mouse down and to the right, drawing a box around
the green space. Let go of the mouse button.

8. Keep zooming in on the space until you see two checkboxes (one checked) next to
Block/Lot Boundaries.

9. Click the i icon next to Identify from above the map. Click on the green space and
it should change color. If it doesnt, theres no property information for this place.
Instead, try clicking on another green space. Now look below the map for information on
this place.

10. Click the icon to Zoom Out. Click anywhere on the map and it will zoom out.
Repeat steps 7 through 9 for another green space.

11. You can also select to show only certain types of green spaces, such as city parks.
To do this, click unselect all, and then check the box(es) for each layer that you want
shown on the map. Click refresh map.


12. Now do the worksheet.

Worksheet: Find Your Greenspace

Name: _________________________________________ Date: _________________

Open the Find Green Space In A Neighborhood guide and go through steps 1 through
6. Click on Washington Heights as the neighborhood to look at.

Then do the following:

1. In Washington Heights, find the largest area of contiguous green space.

2. On your keyboard press Control and N at the same time. A new window will
appear with the same map.

3. In this new window create a map that shows only NYC Parks.

4. Compare the two maps to see the amount of Washington Heights green space
located in a city park.


TITLE: FIND YOUR FOREST BY SUBWAY

DEVELOPED BY: Partnerships for Parks, Charlotte Kaiser
Open Road of NY, Jake Li, Paula Hewitt



"Find Your Forest" guide and worksheet for each person

GROUP SIZE: 1-30

BACKGROUND:
OASIS has created a public website map of every piece of property in NYC, including
forests. Using land cover data and aerial photographs you can search for a forest. Using
information on the map about streets, subways, and ferries, you can learn how to get to
a forest. Using property data on the map, you can learn who owns a forest and whether
its publicly accessible. Forested natural areas exist throughout NYC. *Natural areas are
spaces that retain some degree of wild nature, native ecosystems, and ecosystems
processes. OASIS is a city-wide coalition of many groups. Look on the website under
"contact" to see who we all are. *Source: New Yorkers for Park and NYC Audubon Society

Today youll find a forested natural area near you on oasisnyc.net.* Youll move around
the website and find information about the forest, its location on the map, whether its a
park, and whether you can go to the forest by subway.

Land cover type, aerial photograph, natural area, layers

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STEPS:


3. Under Pick a Map Theme click on the menu and choose Classified Landcover.

4. Under Pick an Area click on the menu for County/Borough and select your
borough.


6. The map shows your borough. Dark green areas show trees/forests; light green
areas show grasslands. On the right is a menu of layers and checkboxes. Click the box
next to Town/Neighborhood to uncheck it. Near the bottom of the menu click both
boxes next to the Natural Areas layer. Click refresh map.

7. Look at the map. At natural areas youll see their names and small green circles.
At some scales natural areas may look like tiny dots. Some boroughs have more natural
areas than others. Find a forested natural area by looking for small green circles or dots
in an area of dark green. If you can, find a forested natural area near where you live.
Answer question 1 on your worksheet.

8. Click the + icon next to Zoom In from the menu above the map. Zoom in on your
natural area in one of two ways:

1. Click on your natural area, or,
2. Move your pointer just above and to the left of your natural area. Hold down
your left mouse button and drag the mouse down and to the right, drawing a red
box around the natural area. Let go of the mouse button.

9. Keep zooming in until you can comfortably see the entire natural area.

10. To see if your forest is in a park, click both checkboxes next to the NYC Parks
layer. Click refresh map.

11. If your forest is in a park, the area will appear in a new, solid shade of green. The
park will be labeled. Answer question 2 on your worksheet.

12. To see a picture of your forest, click unselect all from above the menu. Check the
box next to Aerial Photo and click refresh map.

13. Now youre going to see if you can take the subway to your forest. Click both boxes
next to MTA Subway Stations and click refresh map.


14. If you don't see the MTA logo on the map, zoom out until you see it. Zoom out by
clicking the icon next to Zoom Out and clicking near the center of the map. You
may need to zoom out several times. Answer question 3 on your worksheet.

EVALUATION:
be able to find a forest in your borough and switch between map and aerial views. Your
worksheet will be completely filled out.


Print your forest by clicking on Print Layout.

Print the aerial photograph of your forest.

Find another forest in your borough, or find a forest in a different borough.

Look at the map of New York City and try to find the largest piece of forest. (Click on
Zoom to NYC above the map. Then unselect all the boxes except for Classified
Landcover and click Refresh Map.)

Find out whether your forest contains wetlands by clicking on the box next to National
Wetlands Inventory.

For more information about forests in New York City, visit the following web page:
www.nycgovparks.org/sub_about/parks_divisions/nrg/nrg_home.html


Worksheet: Find Your Forest

Name:__________________________________________ Date:________________

1. What is the name of your forested natural area?

2. If your forest is in a park, whats the name of the park?

3. Can you get to your forest by subway?

4. If so, which subway line brings you to your forest?


TITLE: IDENTIFY A HARBOR ESTUARY
PROGRAM (HEP) SITE

DEVELOPED BY: CMAP - Christy Spielman
Open Road - Paula Hewitt, Jake Li



"Identify a Harbor Estuary Program Site" guide and worksheet for
each person

GROUP SIZE: 1-30

BACKGROUND:
OASIS is a city-wide coalition of many groups that have come together to create the
www.oasisnyc.net website for you. Look on the website under "contact" to see who we
all are. Information about special places in the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary
can be identified on OASIS. The Harbor Estuary Program is multi-year effort to develop
and implement a plan to protect, conserve, and restore the estuary.

Today youll identify a Harbor Estuary Program (HEP) site near you and learn more
about the Harbor Estuary Program. Youll move around the website and find information
about your HEP site, including its location on the map, nearby wetlands, and political
district.

Estuary, NY/NJ Harbor Estuary Program, HEP, acquisition, restoration, watershed,
wetlands, impervious surface, land cover, coalition, political district, layers, labels.

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STEPS:


3. Under Pick a Map Theme click on the menu and choose Natural Resources.

4. Under Pick an Area click on the County/Borough menu and choose your borough.


6. The map on the screen shows your borough. On the right is a menu of layers and
checkboxes. A left box turns on/off a layer; a right box turns on/off a layers label. Scroll
down to Natural Areas. Notice that HEP sites are shown as yellow crosses for
acquisition sites and orange crosses for restoration sites. Click the the left checkbox
for Natural Areas to uncheck this box. Now scroll up and click the right checkbox for
"County/Borough" to uncheck this box. Click Refresh Map. Now you can see the
crosses more easily. Answer question 1 on the worksheet.

7. Click on the + icon next to Zoom In from the menu on top. Find the HEP site
closest to your home. Zoom in on the site in one of two ways:

1. Click once on the HEP site. Or,
2. Move your pointer just above and to the left of the HEP site. Hold down your left
mouse button and drag the pointer down and to the right, drawing a box around the
site. Let go of the mouse button. The map will zoom to the area you boxed.

8. Now click on the i icon next to Identify from above the map.

9. Click once on the HEP site. The cross will become a red circle. Look below the map
for information on your HEP site. Answer questions 2 through 7 on your worksheet.

10. Click the checkbox next to the Classified Landcover layer. Click refresh map.
Answer question 8 on your worksheet (you may need to zoom in more on the site).

12. Click the checkbox next to Aerial Photo and click refresh map. Youll see an
aerial photo of the HEP site. To see an aerial photo of the surrounding area, click the
icon next to zoom out and click anywhere on the map.

EVALUATION:
If this guide is successful, youll be comfortable moving around on www.oasisnyc.net.
Youll be able to identify HEP sites, zoom in and out, use the identify tool, and switch
between map and aerial views. Your worksheet will be completely filled out.



Print your NY/NJ Harbor Estuary Program site map and information by going to
Printable Layout. Type in a title for your map and print it.

Find and get information about another HEP site.

Go to the Harbor Estuary Program website by following the link to their site when you
identify a HEP site. Learn more about what the Harbor Estuary Program is doing.

Explore the other layers in the menu. Turn them on and off and see what happens to
the map!


Worksheet: Identify a Harbor Estuary Program Site

Name: ___________________________________________ Date: _________________

1. What layers of information are shown on the map? (Hint: look at the checked
boxes in the legend)

2. Did you identify an Acquisition or Restoration site?

3. What is the sites name? What is the name of the watershed its in? (Note: this
information may not be available for some sites).

4. What is the project status for the site? (Note: this information may not be
available for some sites).

5. Who do you contact to find more information about this site or to get involved in
helping to protect it from development?

6. Within which political districts is this site located?

7. What other information can you tell about this sites location? What other
property is nearby?

8. Describe the land cover around the site you found? (for example, mostly
forested, mostly grassland, impervious surface, water)


TITLE: IDENTIFY A NATURAL AREA NEAR YOU


DEVELOPED BY: Christy Spielman CMAP
Open Road - Paula Hewitt, Jake Li



"Identify A Natural Area Near You" guide and worksheet for each
person

GROUP SIZE: 1-30

BACKGROUND:
OASIS is a city-wide coalition of many groups that have come together to create the
www.oasisnyc.net website for you. Information about Natural Areas in New York City
can be found on OASIS. The Natural Areas database is made up of spaces that retain
some degree of wild nature, native ecosystems and ecosystem processes. * Look on
the website under "contact" to see who we all are.
*Source: New Yorkers for Parks and NYC Audubon Society

Today youll find a Natural Area near your home using oasisnyc.net. Youll move around
the website and find information about the natural area, including its location on the
map, nearby features, and political district.

Natural area, wild nature, habitat, native ecosystems, ecosystems processes,
biosystems, bioregions, political district, coalition, database, layers, labels, aerial
photograph

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STEPS:


3. Under Pick a Map Theme click on the menu and choose Natural Resources.

4. Under Pick an Area click on the menu for NYC Neighborhood and select your
neighborhood.


the right checkbox for Natural Areas and click Refresh Map. Answer question 1 on
the worksheet.

7. Natural areas are shown by small green circles. If your neighborhood does not have
natural areas, click on the icon next to Zoom Out from the menu on top. Then click
anywhere on the map. Keep zooming out until you see a natural area.

8. Click the + icon next to Zoom In from above the map. Pick one of two ways to
zoom in on the natural area

1. Click once on the natural area.
2. Move your pointer just above and to the left of the natural area. Hold down your
left mouse button and drag the pointer down and to the right, drawing a box around
the site. Let go of the mouse button. The map will zoom to the box you drew.

Continue to zoom in until you can comfortably see the natural area.

9. Now click on the i icon next to Identify from above the map.

10. Click on the natural area. Look at the information below the map. Answer questions
2-6 on your worksheet

11. Click unselect all. Click the checkbox next to Aerial Photo and click refresh
map. Now youre going to see an aerial photo of the natural area.

EVALUATION:
If this guide is successful youll be comfortable moving around on www.oasisnyc.net.
Youll be able to find a natural area, zoom in and out, use the "identify" tool, and switch
between map and aerial views. Your worksheet will be completely filled out.



Print your natural area site map and information by going to Printable Layout.

Print the aerial photograph of your natural area.

Find and get information about another natural area.

Find natural areas in other neighborhoods, biosystems, and bioregions. Biosystems and
bioregions include green corridors, bird flyways, water systems, watersheds, waste
streams, and food systems.

Search in your library and on the internet to learn more about the words in "Vocabulary
and Concepts" and the words after "Biosystems and bioregions" in the paragraph above
this one.


Worksheet: Identify a Natural Area Near You

Name: ___________________________________________ Date: _________________

1. What symbol is used for the natural areas on the map (hint, look at the check
boxes in the legend)?

2. What is the name of the natural area? If the natural area is in a park, what is the
parks name?

Note: the information for #3, 4, and 5 may not be available for all natural areas.
3. Who manages the natural area?

4. What type of habitat is the natural area?

5. Are there any restoration activities happening or protection regulations at this
site? What are they?

6. What other information can you tell about where this site is located? What is
nearby? List 3 things.


TITLE: FIND WATERFRONT ACCESS IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD

DEVELOPED BY: NYC Soil and Water Conservation District- Yashvinee Narechania
Open Road of NY- Jake Li, Paula Hewitt



"Find Waterfront Access" guide and worksheet for each person

GROUP SIZE: 1-30

BACKGROUND:
OASIS has created a public website map of every property in NYC. Each property is
shown as a lot on the map, and each lot has a block and lot number that identifies it
in the citys record. You can click on each property, including your house, school, or
park, to find information about it. OASIS also shows information for property along
bodies of water in NYC. OASIS is a city-wide coalition of many groups. Look on the
website under contact to see who we are.

Today youll use oasisnyc.net to find waterfront access in or near a neighborhood of
your choice. Youll move around the website and find information about the land along a
body of water. Then youll use an aerial photograph to find an access point to the area.

waterfront, pier, block and lot number, aerial photograph, elected official, panning the
map, layers

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4. Under Pick an Area click on the menu for NYC Neighborhood and choose the
neighborhood that you live in or want to learn about.


6. Take a moment to look around the screen. On the right is a menu of layers and
on both boxes next to each of the following layers: City Council Districts, HEP
Acquisition Sites, and HEP Restoration Sites. Also, check the box next to beaches.

7. Click refresh map at the bottom of the menu.

8. If you see a body of water (shaded in blue) on the map, go to step 10. Otherwise, go
to the next step. Note the number of the council district of the neighborhood.

9. First, click the button next to zoom out from above the map. Click near the
center of the map and it will zoom out. Look for a body of water. If you dont see one,
keep zooming out or start panning the map *. Stop when you find a body of water.
* You can pan by clicking the triangles around the map. The arrows point in
the direction the map will move in.

10. Click the + icon next to Zoom In from above the map. On the map, look for the
waterfront area that you think is nearest your neighborhood. For example, look for green
areas that represent NYC Parks or crosses that represent HEP Acquisition Sites. Pick
one of two ways to zoom in on the area that you find.

1. Click once on the waterfront area, or,
2. Move your pointer just above and to the left of the waterfront area. Hold down
your left mouse button and drag the pointer down and to the right, drawing a box
around the site. Let go of the mouse button. The map will zoom to the box you drew.

11. Zoom in some more, or at least until you see two checkboxes (one checked) left of
the Block/Lot Boundaries layer, located under the Property/Land Use section.

12. Click the i button next to Identify from above the map. Click on the waterfront
property and it will change color. Look below the map for property information, which
may help you find out if the property is publicly accessible. If its privately owned or


doesnt seem publicly accessible, look for another property that is publicly accessible.
Also, try panning the map along the waterfront to see other areas. Once youve found
and identified a public property, answer questions 1 through 3 from your worksheet.

13. To see an aerial photo of the area, click unselect all from above the menu. Click
the checkbox next to Aerial Photo and click refresh map.

14. Use the aerial photograph to look for an access point to the waterfront property
(first, you may need to zoom in more). Look for streets, paths, or pedestrian bridges that
connect to the area. If you are unable to find any points, look at another area of the map
for possible access points. If you need to move the map, click on the triangles around it.
Answer questions 4 through 7.

EVALUATION
If this guide is successful, youll be able to comfortably move around the website and
find property information on waterfront areas.

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Print a map of the area you learned about. Find another area and compare the two
places.

If you find that waterfront access near your neighborhood is limited, write to your local
official about this matter. Also, see the Guide, Find Your Local Representative.

Take a walk in this neighborhood and see how you can safely and legally access the
waterfront.


Worksheet: Find Waterfront Access in Your Neighborhood

Name:_________________________________________ Date:___________

1. Which neighborhood are you studying?

2. Does this neighborhood have waterfront areas or did you have to zoom out?
Write the council district numbers and names of both neighborhoods.

3. What does it say next to Land Use? Who owns the property?

4. How do you think you can access the waterfront area?

5. Why do you think there is a lack of waterfront access in New York City?

6. Who are the local elected officials of the council district for the neighborhood
youre studying?

7. What is the land around the waterfront mostly used for?


TITLE: FIND FERRY ROUTES FROM LOWER
MANHATTAN


DEVELOPED BY: NY Restoration Project, Jane Jackson
Open Road of NY, Jake Li, Paula Hewitt



"Find Ferry Routes guide and worksheet for each person

GROUP SIZE: 1-30

BACKGROUND:
OASIS has created a public website map showing subway and ferry routes. All of NYCs
ferry routes and stations can be located through the OASIS map. OASIS is a city-wide
coalition of many groups. Look on the website under contact to see who we all are.

Today youll use oasisnyc.net to find ferry routes from Lower Manhattan to other places.
Youll learn how to locate a group of Lower Manhattan neighborhoods through New
Yorks Community Board system. Then youll find ferry stations in Manhattan and other
areas. Finally, youll see an aerial photograph of a ferry station.
Note: OASIS does not provide information on ferry stations or schedules for ferries.

Community Board, aerial photograph, coalition, layers

STEPS:

2. Click on maps from the menu on top. .
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3. Under Pick a Map Theme click on the menu and choose Parks and Recreation.

4. Under Pick an Area click on the menu for Community District and select Manh 1.


6. The map shows Manhattan Community Board 1, which is outlined by a purple line.
On the right is a menu of layers and checkboxes. A left box turns on/off a layer; a right
box turns on/off a layers label. Under the Transportation section, click on the
checkboxes next to the Ferry Routes and Ferry Stops layers.

7. Click refresh map at the top of the menu. Now you will see a map that shows all of
the ferry lines and stations that pass through Manhattan Community Board 1. These
ferry routes connect to other parts of Manhattan, other boroughs, and New Jersey.

8. Click the + icon next to Zoom In from above the map. Pick a ferry route that you
want to learn more about. Find its Lower Manhattan station and zoom in on it in one of
two ways:

1. Left click on the station.
2. Move your pointer just above and to the left of the station. While holding down
your left mouse button, drag the pointer down and to the right, drawing a box
around the station. Let go of the mouse button. The map will zoom to the area
you boxed.

9. Continue to zoom in until you can comfortably see the station. Click unselect all
from above the menu. Check the boxes next to the following layers: aerial photo, both
boxes next to ferry stops, and the box next to ferry routes. Click refresh map and youll
see an aerial photo of the station. Answer question 1.

10. Now youll search for the station at the other end of the ferry route. A blue line will
lead you to the other station. Zoom out by clicking the icon next to Zoom Out and
then clicking near the center of the map. If you cannot see the other station yet, either
keep zooming out or start panning the map.* Stop when youve found the station.
* You can pan by clicking the triangles around the map. The arrows point in
the direction the map will move in.

11. Now zoom in on the station. Answer the questions on your worksheet.

EVALUATION
If this guide is successful, youll be able to comfortably move around the website and
find the stations at both ends of a ferry route.


Go to Metropolitan Waterfront Alliances website at www.waterwire.net and learn more
about the waterfront.

Go on www.google.com and search for information on ferries in Lower Manhattan.

Go to http://www.lowermanhattan.info/around/modes/ferries.asp and learn more about
ferries in Lower Manhattan.

Print a map of the area you learned about.

Turn on the other layers, such as MTA Subway Stations, and learn about the subway
lines near the ferry stations.


Worksheet: Find Ferry Routes

Name: _________________________________________ Date: _________________

1. What part of Lower Manhattan is this station located?

2. Where is the other station located?

3. If you have time, complete the exercises in the additional activities section
and answer the following questions:

a. Who operates the ferry line that youre studying?

b. Can you easily get to the station by subway?

c. Did you find a schedule for the ferry route?


TITLE: FIND YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE

DEVELOPED BY: NYC Soil and Water Conservation District - Yashvinee Narechania



"Find Your Local Representative" guide and worksheet for each
person

GROUP SIZE: 1-30

BACKGROUND:
OASIS has created a public website map of every piece of property and type of land
cover in NYC. You can click on a property or an area to find information about it. In
addition, the website can identify your communitys representatives, and you can learn
more about them through links to their website. Getting in touch with your
representatives is important for advocacy.

Today youll use oasisnyc.net to find the community district you live in and to learn
about its representatives. Then youll find one of your neighboring community districts
and learn about its geographical boundaries and officials.

Community District, NYC Council District, NYS Assembly, NYS Senate, US Congress,
layers, advocacy

STEPS:

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4. Under Pick an Area click on the menu for NYC Neighborhood and choose your
neighborhood.


on only the unchecked boxes next to the Community Districts and Streets layers.
Leave alone the boxes that are already checked.

7. Click refresh map.

8. The map shows in purple the number and border of your community district. Click the
+ icon next to Zoom In from the menu on top. Look for streets near your home and
click on this area.

9. Click the i icon next to Identify from above the map. Find the block where your
home is and click on this block.

10. Look below the map for the Community District Information and Political District
Information sections. Use them to answer questions 1 through 8 on your worksheet.

11. Now that youve found your community district, youre going to zoom out and find a
neighboring district. Click the icon next to Zoom Out from above the map. Click on
the center of the map. Continue to do this until you see the purple border between your
community district and a neighboring district.

12. Select the identify tool and click on any part of the neighboring district. Below the
map youll see contact information for its representatives. Answer questions 9 and 10.

EVALUATION:
be able to find your block, zoom in and out, and use the "identify" tool. Your worksheet
will be completely filled out.


Figure out if community districts are bigger than council districts.

Does your community district have any natural resources? If so, which ones?

When and where is the next meeting for your community district?


Worksheet: Find your Local Representatives

Name: ________________________________________ Date: _________________

1. Your house is at the intersection of ____________________ and
_______________ .

Under Community District Information, find answers to questions 2 - 4.

2. What community district do you live in?

3. Who is the chairperson of your community district?

4. What is their address?

Under Political District Information, find answers to questions 5 - 8.

5. Who is your council districts representative? List his/her contact information.

6. Who is your senator? List his/her contact information.

7. Who is your state assembly representative? List his/her contact information.

8. Who represents you in the US Congress? List his/her contact information.

For the new community district, answer questions 9 - 10.

9. What is this community districts number?

10. Who is its chairperson?


TITLE: FIND HISTORIC SITES

DEVELOPED BY: NYC Soil and Water Conservation District - Yashvinee Narehcania

TARGET AUDIENCE: Ages 10 and above

LENGTH OF TIME: 1 session 30-45 minutes. Optional: Field Trip

"Find Historic Sites" guide and worksheet for each person

GROUP SIZE: 1-30

BACKGROUND:
OASIS has created a public website map of every piece of property in NYC. Each piece
of property is shown as a "lot" on the map, and each lot has a "block and lot" number
that identifies it in the city's records. Some historic sites, including cemeteries, 9-11
living memorials, and historic houses, can be found using the website, which also
shows a sites property and political district information. OASIS is a city-wide coalition of
many groups. Look on the website under contact to see who we all are.

Today youll look for cemeteries, 9-11 living memorials, and historic houses in the
neighborhood of your choice. Youll move around the website and find information about
one of these historic sites, including its location, owner, community board, and block
and lot number. Then youll find an aerial photograph of the historic site on the website.

aerial photographs, layers, living memorials, 9-11, historic houses, coalition

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3. Under Pick a Map Theme click on the menu and chose Property Data.

4. Under Pick an Area click on the NYC Neighborhood menu and choose a
neighborhood.

5. Now click on Go to the Map.

6. The map shows the neighborhood you selected. On the right is a menu of layers and
on any unchecked boxes next to these layers: Streets, Historic Houses, and Living
Memorials to 9-11-2001. Leave alone the checked boxes. Notice the icons and colors
that represent Living Memorials, historic houses, and cemeteries.

7. Click refresh map at the bottom of the menu.

8. On the map look for the icons and colored areas that you identified in step 6. Also
look for the names of historic houses and Living Memorials. If you see any of these
items on the map, youve found a historic site; go to step 10. Otherwise, go to step 9.

9. If you can't find a historic site in your neighborhood then zoom out. To do this, click
the button next to zoom out from above the map. Click once on the center of the
map and it will zoom out. Look for a historic site. If you do not see one, pan the map by
clicking the triangles around it.
Pan in several directions until you find a historic site.

10. Now you will zoom in on the historic site. Click on the + icon next to Zoom In from
above the map. Then pick one of two ways to zoom in:

1. Click once on the historic site, or,
2. Move your pointer just above and to the left of the site. Hold down your left mouse
button and drag the pointer down and to the right, drawing a box around the site.
Let go of the mouse button. The map will zoom to the area you boxed.

11. Keep zooming in on the site until you see two checkboxes next to Block/Lot
Boundaries. You can zoom in more if the site is difficult to see.

12. Click the i icon next to Identify from above the map. Click on the site and look at
the information below the map. Note the property information thats shown.


13. Click unselect all from above the menu. Click the checkbox next to Aerial Photo
and click refresh map. Now youre going to see an aerial photo of the site.

14. Answer the questions on your worksheet.

EVALUATION:
be able to zoom in, use the "identify" tool, and switch between map and aerial views.
You'll be able to find historic sites. Your worksheet will be completely filled out.

Take a walk in your neighborhood. Try and visit some sites that you found in the activity.
Make a list of any historic sites that you found on your walk that were not on the map.

Use the internet to find other historic sites in your borough. You can use a site like
www.google.com or www.yahoo.com to find this information. Make a list of the historic
sites you find.

Worksheet: Find Historic Sites in your Neighborhood

Name: _________________________________________ Date: _________________

1. Which neighborhood did you choose?

2. Which historic site(s) did you find in your neighborhood?

3. Are there any historic site(s) in your neighborhood that are not shown on the
map?

4. What do you think you can do to protect and help these historic sites?

5. What other historic sites have you been to in New York City?

6. What historic site in New York City is a gift from France?
Game copyright Open Road of New York
OASIS Game

This game uses a map from a web site, www.oasisnyc.org. This map shows 2 blocks in
NYC. You can find information on OASIS about all the property in these 2 blocks.

Rules: Adults, teens and kids play equally on a design team. Move playing pieces that
represent people and places around on the base model. Everyone can move things at
once, and people can move playing pieces other team members put there. In the end of
the game youll come up with one design.

Goal: The goal of the game is to design a plan for your neighborhood. Your goal is to
meet the needs of teens, kids, and adults, and house everyone in your neighborhood.

This game follows the 5 step Participatory Design Process of Open Road.

Steps to play the game:

1. Organizing. Imagine your design team has been elected by your neighbors. Your team
is in charge of deciding how property is used on your 2 blocks. Youve been through
training and youve found your 2 block area on www.oasisnyc.org.

2. Fact Finding. You have found houses on 55 lots. You have found 23 vacant (empty)
lots. Each lot is a rectangle on the base model. You can put playing pieces on the vacant
lots. You can build gardens (green), playgrounds (blue), stores (orange), community
centers (red), or new houses (white). From surveys and interviews you learned:
Teenagers need places to be with friends, exercise, learn, relax, buy snacks, get jobs, and
have some privacy. Adults need places to meet friends, get jobs, relax after work, grow
flowers and vegetables, & have some peace and quiet. Children need places to play year
round, and places to be watched over by adults and teenagers. They need places to
exercise, and they need healthy food.

3. Generating Design Ideas. Today you will generate design ideas on the model. The
neighborhood is divided up into rectangles. Each rectangle is a lot. Plain white rectangles
are houses. Vacant lots are labeled. You can put stores, gardens, playgrounds, community
centers and new houses on these vacant lots. But first, put all of your people in their
houses. Beans represent people. Red are adults, white are teens, green are children. Put
10 people in each house, a mix of teens, adults, kids. You have some left over. Theyre
homeless. Now put everything that people need on the vacant lots. Move around the
playing pieces. Keep moving things around until your team agrees on the design.

4. Creating a design. Come up with a final design that meets the needs of all of your
kids, teens and adults. Dont leave anyone homeless.

5. Building the Place. When your design meets everyones needs you have won this
game. Present your design to another team. If they agree that its good design, imagine
that you will now build these beautiful new places for your community.

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