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Subcommittee backs simplified civics lab aimed at grades 5–12 with a ‘passport’ call to action
Summary
Project team said the civics lab will prioritize entry-level content for grades 5–12, emphasize Wyoming-specific civic features, and use short, repeatable interactives culminating in a passport station to reinforce a call to action.
The subcommittee reviewed a revised plan for the Capitol’s civics lab that narrows scope and messaging to better match visitor attention spans and K–12 learning needs. Rachel (DI) said the team simplified the content to focus on a single, core takeaway for each station and identified grades 5–12 as the primary audience while acknowledging younger children and adults will also visit.
Rachel framed the lab around the role of the citizen: "The 1 thing for the civics lab is this is your government. The most important title is citizen." The experience will include a central constitution-focused station, branch-specific stations on the legislative, executive and judicial roles, and tactile, non-digital interactives described as "edutainment" to keep engagement short and repeatable.
The team will integrate previsit and postvisit materials for teachers and will use a passport station where students collect each station’s learning to produce a call to action. DI plans to return in November with refined concepts, scripts and storyboards that reflect the simplified messaging and guardrails (entry-level content and Wyoming-specific examples).
Committee members supported the simplified approach but emphasized the need to align content with curricula and to make subject selection and figures clearly documented before full production.
