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Grades6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Social Studies, Engineering
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What it is
- This interactive resource allows students to create their own street, with many options for customization and learning opportunities.
- Students will learn about land use and planning while prioritizing what they would like to see on their ideal street.
Teaching tips
Positives
- This resource is extremely engaging and customizable.
- Students will get hands-on experience in prioritizing, planning, and executing a street design.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students would benefit from prior knowledge of safe street designs and a metric conversion table.
- Here are some resources that would help students before they begin planning their street: Road Diets: Designing a Safer Street, Car-Free Streets Are Amazing (And We Need More of Them), Why Protected Bike Lanes Are More Valuable than Parking Spaces, Why City Design Is Important, and Can We Make Cities Car Free?.
Differentiation
- This resource would work in any class that is discussing equity in city planning, public transportation, health in cities, or carbon footprints.
- This resource would be an excellent culminating activity or assessment after using the resources listed above, or others that detail different aspects of street design or sustainability.
- Students can create a street and write a reflection detailing their choices, the steps they took to complete their street, and how what they learned in the process.
From the scientist review
With the help of this resource, students learn how to plan a smart city or street. They will need to be familiar with the distance between each feature and their functionality. This is quite informative and is suggested for use in the classroom.
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