The document outlines the activities and schedule for a neighborhood walk audit with 5th grade students from three elementary schools. The activities include: 1. An icebreaker where students draw maps of their routes to school. 2. A presentation on walkability and what makes a neighborhood walkable. 3. A visual preference survey where students vote on photos of neighborhood features. 4. A walking audit where students in groups evaluate segments of sidewalks on criteria like shade, number of cars, and safety features. They record their observations on a provided tool.

2. Partners

3. Participating Schools
Fifth Grade Classes at:
Eugene Field Elementary
Hayes Elementary
FD Moon Elementary

4. May 1 NeighborWalk
1. Icebreaker:
Draw Routes to School
2. Presentation:
What Is Walkability?
4. Walking Audit and
Data Collection
3. Visual Preference
Survey

5. 1. Icebreaker: Draw Routes to School
Lead Teacher Asks:
What paths/roads do you
take to school?
What do you see on your
way to school?
Classroom Volunteers:
Pass out map templates,
survey and pre-test.
Collect from students.

6. 1. Icebreaker: Draw Routes to School

7. 1. Icebreaker: Draw Routes to School

8. 1. Icebreaker: Draw Routes to School

9. Lead teacher presents
curriculum slides.
2. Presentation: What is Walkability?
Students answer
questions.

10. 3. Visual Preference Survey
Students “vote” for Photo
A or B by raising hands.
Students will put sticker
on their voting hand.

11. 4. Walking Audit: Assignments
Each volunteer is provided a
numbered map with
highlighted block segments.
Each group will head directly
to their corresponding block
group.
Each student will audit a
single block segment.

12. 4. Walking Audit: Tool
Segment #
1
First Name
Last Name

13. 4. Walking Audit: Tool

14. 4. Walking Audit: Tool

15. Eugene Field

16. FD Moon

17. Hayes

18. 4. Walking Audit: Safety
No horsing around,
simply walk
Walk together as a
group
No jaywalking
Stay on the sidewalk
Walk, don’t run
Be visible

19. 4. Walking Audit: Tool
How would you rank the
condition of the sidewalk in
your segment?
No sidewalk
OK
Poor
Good

20. Sidewalk Condition

21. 4. Walking Audit: Tool
How many cars passed you
on the street?
No cars
2-4 cars
1 car
5+ cars

22. 4. Walking Audit: Tool
Did you see any of the
following?
Shade trees
Crosswalks
Bus benches
Sidewalks
Well-kept areas
Curb bump-outs

23. Did you see any of the
following?
Loose dogs
Speeding cars
Scary houses
Litter
Heavy traffic
Graffiti
Slow moving cars
Loud Music
Scary people
Broken glass
Loud cars
Cars blocking the
sidewalk
4. Walking Audit: Tool

24. How much shade was on
your street?
No shade
A lot of shade
Some shade
No shade due to
weather/season
4. Walking Audit: Tool

25. Shade Trees

28. 4. Walking Audit: Data Collection

29. 4. Walking Audit: Data Collection
Car - How many cars did you see?
Face - Smile or frown, would you walk this way alone?
Stop - How many scary things did you see?
Tree - Color red, yellow, green or not at all for amount
of shade
Line - Color red, yellow, green or not at all for sidewalk
quality

30. 4. Walking Audit: Data Collection
Students create feature for
streetscape.
Volunteers collect features
and save in envelopes.

31. May 2 NeighborWalk
1. Review of Thursday
Lesson and Audit
2. Introduction to City
Staff
4. Mapping Exercise
3. Interactive
Streetscape Activity

32. What to Expect
5th graders
Bullying
Growing
Sensitivity
Participation
Fairness
Sunscreen, hat,
sunglasses
Water bottle
Pad and pen
Your cell phone
What to bring

33. May 13: Field Trip
Presentation at morning
Council meeting
Field trip to City Hall
Visits to different City
departments
Presentation to City
leadership