This video explores ideas on how to make cities more walkable and the benefits this can bring in terms of traffic, emissions, and social or emotional health.
Teaching Tips
Positives
This entertaining and informative video contains interesting facts and statistics related to the advantages of having walkable cities.
In this video, the speaker discusses interesting ideas including the disadvantages of cars in cities, the advantages of a pedestrian-friendly city, and ways to make it happen.
Additional Prerequisites
Students should be familiar with car emissions and the alternative modes of transportation.
Differentiation
The teacher could check that students have understood the ideas discussed in the video by asking them to summarize them in a graphic organizer.
The teacher could ask students to do a project where they design a model for a sustainable, walkable city.
Students could plan, organize, and implement a campaign called "Walk More & Drive Less."
This 4-minute video looks at strategies for making cities more walkable to address issues related to traffic and climate change, among others. This is a short, clear resource and is recommended for teaching.
Standards
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Science
ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
MS-ESS3-3. Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
