8-10 yrs old
11-13 yrs old
Climate & Environment
Geography
Social and Emotional Health
Yes, Villagers are not happy. Not happy at all. They want a new suburb and need your help. They love the environment so you have to plan carefully!
January 17, 2017
Very Unhappy Villages!
See the interview with the Villager family to find out why they are unhappy with the village they live in and why they need your help.
21st-Century Learning Design
Mapping 21st centrury skills to the Villager Suburb project.
What do Villages want and need in a new suburb?
What information do we need about the land?
How do we plan the suburb and get land title approved?
How do we know if it is a successful design?
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Challenge: You are a land development company. Your job is to turn land into plots, roads and fun places so people can buy the plots and move there. You have bought a section of land to be developed into a suburb for Villages Here is the hard bit! You are NOT allowed to break one block of the land until ALL plans have been approved! You need to survey the land, determine the layout, draw the plans showing all the information you need to develop the land for title. You must have the lots set to the average prices on your local area.
EMPATHIZE: Watch the Interview with the Villages Get to know what they want in their new modern suburb:
Ideas:
DEFINE:
What do we need to know about the land?
IDEATE:
Students must have their Define and Ideate documentation complete and approved before moving on to the next step.
PROTOTYPE
EVOLVE
EXTENSION:
Assessment Criteria:
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