Day 1 - Introduction

Think

What will the city of the future look like? Will the buildings be different? Will transportation change at all? What might cause changes to the ways the people of the future live their lives?

The Task

In this project you will need to choose a site anywhere on Earth to build a brand-new city. You must choose a site that is safe and has access to resources.

We will use the following Learning Goals as our guide to learning.

Learning Targets

• Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
  • Mapping the history of natural hazards in a region, combined with an understanding of related geologic forces can help forecast the locations and likelihoods of future events.

Breaking down the Learning Targets

In the worksheet below you will find the Learning Goals broken down into phrases. Take each of the phrases and describe what they mean and what they might look like in Science Class. For example, for the first one (Analyze and interpret data) you might say that analyzing is observing and investigating while interpreting is when you explain something in another way, perhaps in another language or style. In Science, when we analyze we might observe by doing an experiment, or discussing observations. When we interpret we might write an explanation in our own words or create a diagram, chart, or graph to help explain something in another way.

What is a Catastrophic Event?

• What do we mean by catastrophic event?
• What has been the world's worst disasters?
• How would you classify disasters?

Choosing the Best Location (agree/disagree)

• What would be on your checklist for the perfect location to live?

Research the location

• Find the perfect location for your city using Google Earth and the following internet resources.*
  • Find the following:
    • Weather and climate history
    • Geological history
• Come to a consensus with your partner to identify the perfect location.

Future City Project Resources

• Google Earth
• Earthquakes and Plate Boundaries
• Climate Zones of the World
• What are Natural Resources?
• Latitude and Longitude

*do not choose a place that already has a city!

**you may not choose where you live

Day 2 - Research and Planning

Learning Targets

• Using patterns in the data, students make a forecast for the potential of a natural hazard event to affect an area in the future, including information on frequency and/or probability of event occurrence; how severe the event is likely to be; where the event is most likely to cause the most damage; and what events, if any, are likely to precede the event.

Success Criteria

• I have created a presentation that demonstrates all elements of the Future City Success Criteria
• I have presented my findings with a group using appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.

Roles

• Organizer, Time Keeper, Checker, Reader

Self Paced Learning