Experience concept · Cross-curricular
Sustainable City: The Cool Route
Build a better city, one reasoned decision at a time.
The learner experience
A little curiosity. A lasting understanding.
Recurring neighbourhood characters ask for a comfortable walking route. Learners compare supplied measurements, shade, and distance, then present a justified plan. Later missions can cover water, transport, habitats, and budgets, each with its own objective.
Imagine this moment
A city map changes to show the learner's proposed shaded route and the evidence behind it.
Learning & evidence
The learning objective
Interpret a small temperature dataset and justify a route using evidence.
What understanding looks like
Chosen route, cited measurements, and a reasoned tradeoff. The world changes after completion, but progress in the story is distinct from mastery.
Adaptation
Different starting points. A shared objective.
Begin with two routes and pictorial data; extend to competing constraints and limitations in the measurements.
Educator review
This is a proposed experience. Content and assessment require teacher review before classroom use.
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