Week 30 · Term Four · Water, energy, materials and rules
Design a settlement for 200 people that lives within real limits: budget its water with the WHO’s daily need and a rain-catching roof, size a solar farm and its batteries, choose building materials by their cost to the planet, write a drought rule like Cape Town’s, and file the plan.
Monday builds a water budget. Tuesday sizes the solar power and asks what happens at night. Wednesday weighs building materials. Thursday studies how Cape Town avoided Day Zero. Friday writes a settlement plan with a number in every section.
25 minutes
Environmental science · A water budget
Build a water budget with multiplication and unit rates, and compare what rain can supply with what people need.
Make
A water budget
Report handoff: The water budget is filed. Tomorrow you plan the town's power.
25 minutes
Engineering · Power from the sun
Use multiplication and division to size a solar system, and explain why stored energy is needed when the sun is down.
Make
A power plan
Report handoff: The power plan is filed. Tomorrow you choose what to build with.
25 minutes
Architecture · What we build with
Compare building materials by where they come from and their effect on the environment, and justify a design choice with evidence.
Make
A materials chart
Report handoff: The materials chart is filed. Tomorrow a real city runs out of water.
25 minutes
Civics · Rules for a shortage
Evaluate a public rule for a shared shortage, and explain what makes a rule fair, clear and likely to work.
Make
A drought rule
Report handoff: The drought rule is filed. Tomorrow you put the whole settlement plan together.
30 minutes
Writing · A plan that lives within its limits
Write an argument for a settlement plan that uses numbers for each limit, explains the tradeoffs, and is honest about the risks.
Make
A settlement plan
Report handoff: The settlement plan is filed. Your week's report is ready for the portfolio.
The settlement plan uses only work entered here. It is a family record of this week’s work, not a grade, an attendance record, or proof of mastery.
