Today at Casey we continued our project building sustainable communities. This seemed to be just as successful as it was the first week we tried it. The students really seem to be getting a grasp on the principles behind what we are trying to teach them in this process. The most significant ideas that seem to be sticking with these sixth graders seem to be how cities benefit from using green roofs and other efficient elements like solar panels. By building these model cities the students are finding out how easy it can be to incorporate these ideas into their design. They are now at the point where the CU students don’t even need to ask them if they should include them into their design, they just do it as if it was second nature. It is really inspiring to see that these ideas actually mean something to these kids because they can back up their design ideas with reasons why they are important. Hopefully the next two weeks will be as successful as the last two have been.
-Brett
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