Our Future of Living on the Water - Floating Cities?
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Grades6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Geography
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Provided by Undecided with Matt Ferrell
What it is
- With populations and sea levels rising, this video presents seasteading, or floating communities, as a solution to finding more space to live.
- Students will learn about plans for building Oceanix City, a floating city designed to withstand category 5 hurricanes.
Teaching tips
Positives
- This video explains how floating cities will grow food, produce clean energy, and desalinate and recycle water.
- The video exposes students to multiple scientific technologies.
- The video description contains a link to the video's script and citations.
Additional Prerequisites
- There are ads before and during the video.
- Students should be familiar with the threat of sea level rise.
Differentiation
- Design or engineering classes could discuss the potential benefits and barriers to Oceanix City.
- Students could work in small groups to learn more about a segment of the video and present their findings to the class.
- Social studies classes could use this video to discuss solutions for climate migrants.
From the scientist review
The resource underscores the concept of seasteading, an innovative approach to reducing population density and pressure on land and to improving the energy sector, food systems, and water quality. From case-study research, this technology is still undergoing testing but the video is insightful and recommended for teaching.
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