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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Nest.

In this Badge Bit, you will set up an outside classroom area.

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
- room for 10 students to face an instructor
- chalk board or video screen are rain protected

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following with pictures (or a video < 2 mins long):
- before, during, and after of setting up an outside classroom area
- demonstrate it meets the above stated requirements

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Dave Burton wrote:
In this Badge Bit, you will set up an outside classroom area.

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
- room for 10 students to face an instructor
- chalk board or video screen
- rain protected

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following with pictures (or a video < 2 mins long):
- before, during, and after of setting up an outside classroom area
- demonstrate it meets the above stated requirements

I set up a classroom in a covered barn that's open on one side wall. The barn was being used for storage, as an unkempt workshop, as a dumping ground, pretty much everything but a classroom. The hay bales were conveniently used as additional stadium seating. I repurposed some notated documentation from other BB submissions to further ensure that it meets the requirements.

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There aren't 10 students but there's enough seating available for more than 10 students to sit.

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