This one-page design activity worksheet asks students to create and name an imaginary city, then design a strategy to protect it from sea level rise and erosion.
Suggested adaptation strategies are also provided on the back of the sheet.
Pair with a class discussion on real-world coastal protection strategies such as seawalls, living shorelines, and nature-based solutions to compare student designs with professional approaches.
Prerequisites:
Ensure students are familiar with sea level rise and coastal erosion due to climate change. Consider using this lesson.
Differentiation:
Challenge older or advanced students to include cost, environmental impact, and equity considerations in their designs.
Extensions:
Early finishers can play this game to test their adaptation strategies in a simulation.
Sustainable Development Goals Connections:
Make connections to Sustainable Development Goal 11, Sustainable Cities and Communities, and Sustainable Development Goal 13, Climate Action.
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