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Designing a Sustainable Guest Village in Saguaro National Park
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
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| Author | Holmgren, Wendy J. Johnston, Megan Spolarich, Amber |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Students are challenged to design a permanent guest village within the Saguaro National Park in Arizona. To successfully address and respond to this challenge, students must acquire an understanding of desert ecology, environmental limiting factors, species adaptations and resource utilization. Students are challenged to design a permanent guest village within the Saguaro National Park in Arizona. The design must provide a true desert experience to visitors while emphasizing sustainable design, protection of the natural environment, and energy and resource conservation. To successfully address and respond to this challenge, students must acquire an understanding of desert ecology, environmental limiting factors, species adaptations and resource utilization. Following the introduction, students generate ideas and consider the knowledge required to complete the challenge. The lectures and activities that follow serve to develop this level of comprehension. To introduce the concepts of healthy ecosystems, biomimetics and the importance of sustainable environmental design, students watch three video clips of experts. These clips provide direction for student research and challenge design solutions. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Vanderbilt University |
| Subject Keyword | Biology National Park Desert Biome Ecology Environment Sonoran Desert Sustainable Design Environmental Engineering Biomimicry |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class IX Class X Class XI Class XII |
| Resource Type | Notes |
| Subject | Biology |
