Maker's Red Box City of the Future

What is this?

"City of the Future" is the first project-based education tool that includes all STEAM-educated skills.

When creating the "City of the Future", students in grades 5-10 generate ideas related to future challenges (pollution, increasing population, transport, health, etc.), using technologies (3D printers, micro;bits, soldering, etc.) - learn by project principle, acquiring competences in practice.

"City of the Future" means engaging stories, discussions, planning, division of responsibilities in order to create a thriving city for learning and an opportunity for students to experiment, create, acquiring skills of the future and feeling equally important.

Aligned with International Baccalaureate program standards and mapped to NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards.

What competencies does it help to develop? 
•    Teamwork;
•    Responsibilities;
•    Entrepreneurship;
•    career planning;
•    Data and information management;
•    change management;
•    Critical thinking;
•    Decision making.

Where is it applied? 
•    during lessons (technology, information technology, etc.);
•    in extracurricular activities, STEAM laboratories;
•    in project activities;
•    in camps;
•    when preparing contests, competitions.

After opening the toolbox you will find: 
•    a teacher's kit (guide, lesson plans, special cards for visual layout and role-playing tasks, 6 model buildings printed in 3D);
•    a starter set for schoolchildren (13 honeycomb boxes - city areas , elements - photoresistors, wires, rolls of artificial turf, LEDs, neopixel rings and other materials needed to implement the "City of the Future" project).

This content is complemented by an online platform designed to facilitate every step of the lesson. Maker's Red Box has taken care of that by putting a huge resource here. After purchasing the tool, you will get access to a package of licensed materials, which includes:
•    lesson plans (16 episodes that can be divided into 32 lessons);
•    methodical material;
•    Video Tutorials
•    presentations;
•    3D mockup templates;
•    shopping list;
•    a plan for a 5-day STEAM camp;
•    other useful information.
•    Online Teacher's Guide 
•    Block Teaching Version
•    Competency Assessment Tool 
•    Pedagogical Guide
•    Content Repository
•    Customer support