In this activity, students work in groups to design cities of the future that are optimised for both people and wildlife to flourish.

They appreciate the challenges of designing urban environments to meet everyone’s needs and develop creative solutions to improve future cities.

Key Stage: KS3
Time required: 2 x 1 hours
Resource type: classroom activity
Theme: Urban habitats

Learning outcomes
understand that nature can thrive in urban environments
appreciate that towns and cities can be improved for people and wildlife
feel motivated to evaluate humanimpacts in cities and consider possible solutions