{"id":7081,"date":"2015-09-09T14:08:47","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T14:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darngoodsolutions.com\/blogA\/?p=7081"},"modified":"2016-03-23T17:16:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T17:16:22","slug":"future-city-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/darngoodsolutions.com\/blogA\/2015\/09\/09\/future-city-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Future City Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button Vivacity Infotech BEGIN -->\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"http:\/\/darngoodsolutions.com\/blogA\/2015\/09\/09\/future-city-competition\/\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-action=\"like\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-size=\"small\" data-width=\"450\" data-share=\"1\" ><\/div>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button Vivacity Infotech END -->\n<p><a data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-color=\"red\" data-pin-count=\"above\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fkentbrew%2F6851755809%2F&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7027%2F6851755809_df5b2051c9_z.jpg&#038;description=Next%20stop%3A%20Pinterest\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_red_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[like]<\/p>\n<p>Future City is a competition for\u00a06th thru\u00a08th grade students\u00a0that requires them to\u00a0imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future.\u00a0 This STEM oriented program emphasizes citywide sustainability issues.\u00a0\u00a0This year&#8217;s topic is waste management. Students\u00a0are judged on a SimCity design, a 1500 word description, a scale model, a project plan, and a presentation.\u00a0 New programs like Future City should prepare students to be educated citizens able to navigate and make decisions in our ever more technical world.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Future City Overview 2014-2015\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VzvOmeChN_Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>My question was how does this well thought out and impressive program integrate into the school&#8217;s science curriculum?\u00a0 Considering the timeline and amount of work involved, it would take an entire course if it was done during class time.\u00a0 And if the kids did the work after school, would they be able to fit it in with their homework and other extra curricular activities.\u00a0 As usual, there are tradeoffs.\u00a0 I think this type of program is worth it.\u00a0 What do you think?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/futurecity.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Future Cities Web Site<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[like] Future City is a competition for\u00a06th thru\u00a08th grade students\u00a0that requires them to\u00a0imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future.\u00a0 This STEM oriented program emphasizes citywide sustainability issues.\u00a0\u00a0This year&#8217;s topic is waste management. 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