To help you prepare for the Poster Competition, an online form has been created to help you formalize your thinking. You will be able to make changes to this document until Monday, February 27 by which time you need to have decided on your theme, research focus and approach to your research. This will help you to find a direction in which to work and to get you started on the project. Click here to select your Poster COmpetition Theme.Poster Competition Timeline:Monday, February 27
Tuesday, February 28
Sunday, March 5
Sunday, March 12
Tuesday, March 14
Sunday, March 19
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Please view the following details for information on the Poster Competition: DUE: SUNDAY, MARCH 19Posters should be based around one of the following topics:
The poster presented must include the following sections:
In this lesson you are going to be reviewing the unit that we have covered on urbanisation. To do this I have created a Quizlet using 45 terms that you need to know and understand for this unit. A email has been sent to each of you to invite you to my class. If you have lost the email, you can also join the class by clicking here. You will have a number of different activities that you can use in order to learn the terms: Work through each of the 6 above activities. The match and gravity activities are games and by completing them you will be placed onto the score board. Lets see who will take the number one spot!
Before you can continue with the tasks below, you need to make sure that you have completed: Click on the image above to play the game. City planning is always a collaborative exercise, so you will be working with a partner for this task. This is a game that gives you a little idea about the complexities of planning an urban area and the balancing act of keeping all stakeholders happy After completing Blocks & Lots, it is your turn to create your own city at ElectroCity. Once you have completed a game, use the code: CG36343 to link your score to my ElectroCity account and allow me to keep track of your finished games. To play the game, click on the ElectroCity image above or click here. Please note that two games are never the same. The landscape varies each game, random events affect your progress and there are so many interesting decisions to be made that you'll always want to try 'just one more time'.
To get the highest score you have to play the game in a balanced and realistic way. You need to listen to your citizens, grow your city, maintain a healthy cash flow and care for the environment. A city can be saved halfway though and re-loaded later. A number of students have not completed tasks that are due. Complete all the tasks below, and once done, you can explore the extension tasks below. Before taking the online quiz, please make sure that you have completed the following: Once you have completed the above, click here to take and complete the online quiz on slums. Extension Tasks:You may select and explore any of the tasks listed below: Middle East Region. GeoNat World Regions Game For a challenge go up against GeoSpy Slums are impoverished areas found in developing cities. These are often found on the outskirts of the city where people move to have access to jobs. Unfortunately the jobs they find usually do not pay enough to alleviate them from a life of poverty.
Watch the videos above and read through the explanation on page 44-45 of your G2T. Imagine your group is in charge of developing Kibera and taking steps to help the people of the area find their way out of poverty. Your task is to develop a strategy to help people find a better quality of living. You have been given $20 million to put in place one or two infrastructural changes in order to start developing the slum. Your task needs to be presented to the class In your task you need to:
Presentations due: Thursday, February 9Watch videos below which describe Sustainable City Dubai, after which you will be creating a poster with the specifications as described below:
You are now to create a poster to advertise Sustainable City, Dubai. Your poster should include:
You will be given an A4 and A3 sheet of paper. You will only be given ONE sheet of A3 paper The A4 paper is for you to plan your poster. Do this BEFORE you start your final one. Due Date: Tuesday, 7 FebruaryYou will be give opportunity to complete the Sustainable City Quiz during your Tuesday lesson.
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