Activity 1 - What makes a good solution?

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Activity Tasks

1. Recall - What is your urbanisation issue? You have five minutes in your groups to create a mood board using Padlet or Google Slides. The mood board collage needs to use images to represent your issue as creatively as possible.
2. Recall - Think back to Activity 3 from the last lesson. What were the top sustainability solutions to your urbanisation issue that you found? Spend a few minutes discussing.
3. Examine - Read over the instructions from the CAT Sheet again. Note down 4-6 objectives you will need to do to design a high quality sustainable solution to your issue.

Activity 2 - How could we solve our issue?

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Activity Tasks

1. Discuss - Each group member should share their ideas so far of their favourite sustainable solution to your groups’ urbanisation issue. Is there any agreement amongst the group? Consider:
   1. Feasibility - Is the solution realistic? Could it be implemented in the real world?
   2. Environment - Will the solution minimise the environmental impact of your urbanisation issue?
   3. Economic - Is the solution affordable? Will it provide jobs? Will it save taxpayers money in the long-term?
   4. Social - Will it involve and/or benefit the whole community? Will it help make society more equal?
2. Reflect - Spend some time updating your need to know questions. What does your group know, need to know, and possibly do next to narrow down your ideas for possible solutions?
3. Research - If your group still hasn’t got many ideas, spend some time doing some final research on possible sustainable solutions to your urbanisation issue. Each group member should research for their role:
   1. Historian - How have cities in the past dealt with your urbanisation issue?
   2. Social Anthropologist - What solutions would different groups of people have in Hong Kong?
   3. Policy Expert - What solutions do governments, businesses, and other organisations propose today?
      
   4. Urban Planner - What are cities around the world doing now to solve your urbanisation issue?

Activity 3 - What solution will you develop?

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Activity Tasks

1. Pitch - Now pitch your best ideas for your top sustainable solution to your group. Make sure each person gets a chance to talk uninterrupted!
2. Feedback - After each person has pitched their ideas, the rest of the group should feedback their thoughts. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each.
3. Decide - As a group, vote on the best sustainable solution presented so far. Which solution will you develop into your final product? Share your choices with the rest of the class. ​

Activity 4 - What product will you design?

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Activity Tasks

1. Review - Examine the list of possible product outcomes you could design to showcase your sustainability solution. Ask your teacher if you have any other ideas for possible outcomes:
   1. Blueprint - Create an A2 poster blue-print of your sustainability solution. It must include: 1,000 words of explanatory research
   2. Model - Design and create a model of your sustainability solution. It must include: 1,000 words of explanatory research
   3. Presentation - Deliver a 3-5 min verbal presentation or video. Must include your teams’ research as well as your solution
   4. Video - Design a 3-5 min documentary video. Must include your teams’ research as well as your sustainable solution
   5. Website - Create a website to showcase your sustainability solution. It must include: 1,000 words of explanatory research
2. Decide - As a group, discuss the merits of each product outcome before deciding upon one to develop. Which would be the most feasible? Which is most suited to your sustainable solution? 

Activity 5 - How do we finish our project?

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Activity Tasks
No matter the outcome, your finished project needs to contain the following elements. Each group member could be assigned a different part to work on, or you can all contribute to each section of the project:

1. Introduction (100 words) - Describe what your inquiry question is and why you chose it. Refer to the urbanisation issue in Hong Kong you have selected and what solution you are proposing.
2. Causes of Issue (150 words) - What causes your urbanisation issue in Hong Kong? How has it developed over time?
3. Impacts of Issue (150 words) - How does your issue impact on the environment, on cities, and on people? Does its impact differ in different places? Are all people and places affected the same?
4. Possible Solutions (200 words) - Examine and review the top three solutions to your urbanisation issue. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each one?
5. Your Solution (300 words) - Design, illustrate, and explain your sustainable solution to your issue. Remember that you need to explain how your solution will improve the sustainability of that urbanisation issue. Will it maintain and/or improve the environment, economy and society?
6. Conclusion (100 words) - Conclude by restating the top reasons why your sustainable solution will solve your urbanisation issue.
7. Reference List - Make sure your record APA bibliography citations for all the sources you have used in your project, and include them on a reference list.

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