Exploring the Built Environment - Your School
Learning objectives
Students will develop:
- awareness of the issues that affect their school, and an understanding of potential solutions.
Process
- As a class, identify issues the school faces or is likely to face in the future, for example waste management, traffic management, additional buildings/resources needed, the design of the school and school grounds, or an increasing or decreasing school roll.
- Divide students into small groups and allocate one issue to each group.
- Ask each group to develop a fact sheet on their issue. The fact sheet should:
- outline why it is an issue
- outline the causes of the issue
- identify potential solutions
- list what would need to be done to implement each potential solution, and any difficulties that would be likely to be encountered
- identify a preferred solution.
- Ask each group to explain their issue and suggested solution to the class.
Resources needed
You will need the following resources:
- pens/pencils and paper.
More information
Visit our website: www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/urban/ or contact the Ministry for the Environment’s Urban Group by emailing urban.design@mfe.govt.nz or phoning (04) 439 7400.
