Future City First Meeting
9/25/19
1. Future City Video (futurecity.org main page 3 minutes)
2. Questions about future city
3. Dollar Street Quick Tour/Water
4. Case Studies and Video
5. Clean Water Research Questions (and Resources for finding answers)
6. Google Classroom dwnncs
2nd Meeting
1. SimCity/Virtual City Document
2. Essay Rubric
3. Project Plan
3. Nova Video about Flint Michigan Water Crisis
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3rd meeting October 16th
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October 23, 2019
1. Honor Statement
2. SimCity - how goes?
3. What needs to go in the model? (Model Rubric)
4. What scale for the model.
5. Materials in the classroom.
6. Start building things but don't glue them down yet.
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November 6th
City name: Atlas, location: Moscow, year: approximately 2220
Scale: Probably 1"= 25' for most of the model, 1 cm = 1.391 x 10^5 km for sun/satellite portion of the model
Water Problems: Not enough water, polluted water, and salt water
Energy: Dyson swarm Kugelblitz (Blackhole thingy) because, less greenhouse gases, we can use for water purification
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Watch: Where is Water (linked Below)
1. work on making decisions for the layout of the city (terrain, roads, public transportation, moving part)
2. Create buildings and other necessary parts of the model (but don't attach them yet)
3. Water research - who wants to take the lead and do some research/create some diagrams to solve our water issues?
4. What are the populations of the SimCities? Have you started the Virtual City Slides document (need to set goals, etc.)
5. Why do people want to live in Atlas?
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November 13th
Extra
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/gone-in-a-generation/farmers-climate-change.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1#farmers
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_sedlak_4_ways_we_can_avoid_a_catastrophic_drought?referrer=playlist-talks_on_water#t-805600
9/25/19
1. Future City Video (futurecity.org main page 3 minutes)
2. Questions about future city
3. Dollar Street Quick Tour/Water
4. Case Studies and Video
5. Clean Water Research Questions (and Resources for finding answers)
6. Google Classroom dwnncs
2nd Meeting
1. SimCity/Virtual City Document
2. Essay Rubric
3. Project Plan
3. Nova Video about Flint Michigan Water Crisis
______________
3rd meeting October 16th
- Name of city is Atlas
- Due Dates for Future City (Posted on Google Classroom)
- SimCity - Has it been started?
- I shared two articles on Newsela (Everyone should read them)
- Location of city TBD (can we make a general decision - warm/cold climate, coastal/inland, etc.)
- Two people to draw up a city map/plan (Later one part of this will be the model)
- Any Supplies?
- Big Idea: Conserving vs. Using More
- Action Plan for Today (What will everyone do today?) City Map, Essay
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October 23, 2019
1. Honor Statement
2. SimCity - how goes?
3. What needs to go in the model? (Model Rubric)
4. What scale for the model.
5. Materials in the classroom.
6. Start building things but don't glue them down yet.
_________
November 6th
City name: Atlas, location: Moscow, year: approximately 2220
Scale: Probably 1"= 25' for most of the model, 1 cm = 1.391 x 10^5 km for sun/satellite portion of the model
Water Problems: Not enough water, polluted water, and salt water
Energy: Dyson swarm Kugelblitz (Blackhole thingy) because, less greenhouse gases, we can use for water purification
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Watch: Where is Water (linked Below)
1. work on making decisions for the layout of the city (terrain, roads, public transportation, moving part)
2. Create buildings and other necessary parts of the model (but don't attach them yet)
3. Water research - who wants to take the lead and do some research/create some diagrams to solve our water issues?
4. What are the populations of the SimCities? Have you started the Virtual City Slides document (need to set goals, etc.)
5. Why do people want to live in Atlas?
_________
November 13th
Extra
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/gone-in-a-generation/farmers-climate-change.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1#farmers
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_sedlak_4_ways_we_can_avoid_a_catastrophic_drought?referrer=playlist-talks_on_water#t-805600