Owl Testing

This week was the first time we got to test some of our ideas with kids. Thanks to another ETC project teams (shoutout to the Carnegie Libaries project!), we got two classrooms of second and third graders.

On Tuesday morning, the biggest thing we wanted to test was our owl character. We had 13 different owls and we had to narrow it down to one. We asked the kids to choose owls they thought were the wisest, oldest, and friendliest. Although we weren't sure what to expect, the kids' answers were a surprise! On a good note, now we have a clear direction on what features we should give our owl.

Here is a summary of our results:

1. Kids thought the two oldest owls were #5 (13 kids) and #12 (13 kids).

2. Kids thought the two wisest owls were #6 (12 kids) and #10 (8 kids).

3. Kids thought the two friendliest owls were #2 (8 kids) and #11 (9 kids), but overall, there was no overwhelming favorites for this category. Votes were disbursed fairly equally for each owl.

4. There were no large gender differences. Girls and boys pretty much had same choices for oldest and wisest.

5. Overlapping categories included #6, #10, and #4 for wisest and friendliest. Oldest did not seem to overlap.

Conclusion:
A combination of OWL #2 and OWL #6 with a little bit of OWL #12 is my vote for the owl, because they received high scores overall with an average score over all categories.