What makes a city sustainable?
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- 11 questions
- 32 marks
- about 35 minutes
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Question types: short answer, multiple choice, true or false, sorting, matching.
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Which description fits a sustainable city best?
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About this resource
You will learn what makes a city sustainable, score a real eco-village against a set of criteria, and justify which change would do most for a city centre.
16 slides.
Lesson outline
- Hook
- Do Now — Retrieval
- Keywords for This Lesson
- Features of a sustainable city
- The criteria framework
- I Do — Score BedZED for transport
- Hinge Check
- BedZED fact file
- We Do — Score homes and energy
- Is BedZED sustainable for everyone who lives there or nearby?
- Rank nine changes for a city centre
- Justify the best change for a city centre
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