Challenge 099 · Ages 10–16
Future City Designer
Plan a sustainable city.
Recommended Guided Learning Time: 5 hours
Learners may require additional or fewer hours depending on age, prior experience, pace and the level of development they choose to take their project to.
Primary STEAM area
Engineering
The Challenge
What will your learner investigate?
Can you plan a sustainable city. and explain the choices that make your solution effective?
Learning outcomes
- Define the design problem and identify useful constraints.
- Build or model a solution using an iterative engineering process.
- Test performance, analyse evidence and improve the design.
Connected learning
Geography: settlements and sustainability; Science: energy and environment; Mathematics: scale and data; Citizenship: community needs; Design & Technology: systems planning.
Dream Areas
Prepare for this Challenge
What you'll need
Here's what may be useful for completing this activity. Requirements may vary depending on the learner, activity format and equipment available.
Materials & consumables
- Large grid paper
- cards showing different land uses, such as homes, schools, parks and shops
- recycled construction materials
- budget cards.
Equipment, tools & software
- Ruler
- calculator
- mapping/design software (optional)
- markers.
Safety & preparation
- Consider accessibility, public services and realistic sustainability trade-offs.
These preparation notes support planning and do not replace a project-specific risk assessment or appropriate adult supervision.