INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING
SHaken' not standed
Big Cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles and even Vancouver are simply awaiting the much anticipated arrival of what we call “the Big One”. The Big One is a hypothetical earthquake that may occur along the San Andreas Fault, creating devastating damage and disruption to the majority of the West Coast human civilization. If the earthquake does in fact occur within the next couple of years (which is inevitable), it is set to be one of the biggest ever recorded and will rate in at ~8 on the Richter scale of magnitude. As a result, this intense magnitude has the potential of creating near or total destruction, severe damage or collapse of all existing buildings, heavy damage and shaking felt in distant locations and could create permanent changes in the ground typography. The more movement that occurs along the fault line, with the horizontal shifting of tectonic plates, the more realistic and possible this hypothetical quake becomes.
What would we have to do in order to re-create a city or community like LA or Vancouver if this were to happen? This is why we have asked our grade 10’s students to research and discover the necessary elements in order to build a community from the ground up. Students will utilize expertise from five different disciplines (English, Social Studies, Math, Science and Physical Education- Health & Wellness) in order to successfully design and build a well-rounded, appealing and sustainable community. Students will essentially start with nothing. They will have to use each other and work collaboratively to form a community worthy of presenting to the rest of the grade 10 student population. They will then create a persuasive pitch in order to compete and sell their community and gain the most population in order to win.