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Future Builder

In this activity, learners build a tower representing a future community. Learners will discover how sustainability is a balance of economic, societal, and environmental efforts.

DESCRIPTION

The Future Builder sustainability activity challenges visitors to build a tower representing a future community. Each card presents the players with a new part of their community to build—a school, park, gas station, museum, or something else—each with its own cost and reward. But players must balance their resources and construction carefully, meeting the needs of people, the planet, and the economy . . . or their community might be in for a crash!

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  • Materials image of the Future Builder activity featuring wooden colored blocks and an explanation guide
  • Hands holding blocks and cards for Future Builder SustainABLE activity
  • Future Builder guide cover
  • Parent and child making block tower in Future Builder SustainABLE activity
  • Materials image of the Future Builder activity featuring wooden colored blocks and an explanation guide
  • Hands holding blocks and cards for Future Builder SustainABLE activity
  • Future Builder guide cover
  • Parent and child making block tower in Future Builder SustainABLE activity

DESCRIPTION

The Future Builder sustainability activity challenges visitors to build a tower representing a future community. Each card presents the players with a new part of their community to build—a school, park, gas station, museum, or something else—each with its own cost and reward. But players must balance their resources and construction carefully, meeting the needs of people, the planet, and the economy . . . or their community might be in for a crash!

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OBJECTIVES

LEARNING GOALS

  • Sustainable communities meet the needs of people, the planet, and the economy.

  • We all have a role in building a more sustainable future.

  • We can decide how to use limited resources to create the kind of world we want to live in.

Credits

YEAR CREATED
2016
OWNING INSTITUTION

Arizona State University

FUNDING

Sustainability in Science Museums is supported by the Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives at Arizona State University.

PERMISSIONS

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US).
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DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

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