Educational Field Trips & Expedition Planning
Empowering educators, transportation directors, student flight directors, and outdoor photographers with algorithmic safety, zero-PII privacy, and inspiring STEAM discovery.
🎒 Field Trips & Expedition Planning Hub
A comprehensive, 7-part open-source curriculum bridging mathematical VRP dispatch, 0-PII student privacy (COPPA), STEM discovery labs, and inclusive remote flight control.
Navigating Remote Expeditions
Satellite sun-angle prediction, elevation profiling, and Google OR-Tools multi-stop route optimization for remote field photography and science expeditions.
COPPA-Safe School Bus Dispatch
0-PII anonymous passenger tallies, mandatory 30-min school dismissal bell buffers, and bus turn-around constraints powered by Google OR-Tools.
Interactive STEM Science Lab
Zero-install Google Colab discovery lab for middle & high school science classrooms exploring solar elevation, river turbidity, and EV battery regeneration.
The Architecture of Awe
Applying Seligman's PERMA model, Csikszentmihalyi's Flow State, and Dacher Keltner's Science of Awe to transform student resilience and photography.
Inclusive Field Trips & Parent Trust
Earning 100% parent buy-in through transparent dismissal buffers, sensory-friendly rest stops, and appointing homebound students as Expedition Flight Directors.
The Zen of ASCII Wayfinding
Procedural ASCII topography, ANSI solar dials, and terminal cartography bringing retro-futuristic elegance and satellite resilience to outdoor journeys.
The Seven Unitarian Pursuits in Fieldcraft & STEM
Grounding field trips, 0-PII student privacy, and outdoor STEM discovery in universal dignity, intellectual freedom, democratic conscience, and ecological reverence.
The 7 Unitarian Pursuits in Outdoor Learning
How centuries of Transcendentalist nature reverence and universal human rights provide the ethical grounding for PhotoTrek expeditions and student inclusion.
Inherent Worth & Dignity
Zero-PII COPPA student privacy and neurodiversity-affirming quiet observation zones ensure every child is protected and unconditionally respected.
Justice & Equity
Algorithmic route optimization eliminates bus fuel waste so Title I school districts can fund universal outdoor access for all students.
Intellectual Growth
Cultivating positive psychology, flow states, and genuine scientific curiosity through experiential discovery rather than rigid test conformity.
Free Search for Truth
Empirical exploration in Google Colab—measuring solar altitude, river turbidity, and optical physics through direct hands-on verification.
Democratic Conscience
Participatory route planning where students vote on waypoints, manage exploration budgets, and practice collaborative decision-making.
World Community Trust
Winning parent trust through guaranteed dismissal buffers, and appointing homebound students as active Expedition Flight Directors.
The Interdependent Web of All Existence
Embracing Leave-No-Trace fieldcraft, clean EV transport modeling, and deep Transcendental reverence for our Pacific Northwest living ecosystem.
Architectural & Pedagogical Pillars
Designed for safety compliance, educational equity, and deep computational learning.
0-PII & COPPA Privacy
Strict zero-PII architecture storing only anonymous passenger tallies. No student names, home addresses, or identifying biometrics are ever transmitted or stored.
VRP Dispatch & Bell Buffers
Google OR-Tools Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (VRPTW) modeling driver duty limits, mandatory dismissal bell buffers, and bus turn-around geometry.
Home Mission Control
Appointing sick or homebound students as Expedition Flight Directors with live telemetry dashboards, sensor data logging, and low-bandwidth ASCII maps.
Open Source Code & Interactive Notebooks
Clone the Kotlin Jetpack Compose Android app, run the zero-install Google Colab discovery notebook, or explore the terminal ASCII generator.