In Humanities, students explored Minecraft Education Edition,
Sustainable City. The class was split up into groups to work through the
Outflow Order lesson where they learned where clean water comes from, how outflow is treated while at water treatment plants, and the importance of rivers when establishing a civilization. Throughout the year, these groups will work through the remainder of the lessons, dependable forests, sustainable building processes, sustainable homes, sustainable food production, and alternative energy. To supplement this lesson, the Fulton County Water Department brought in an educational model of a watershed with which students learned about pollution. “To demonstrate what happens during rainfall, we put little dots of tempura paint and little pieces of paper to represent point source and nonpoint source pollutants like fertilizer, oil from cars, and micro trash: straws and wrappers,” explained Ms. Stillerman. MVXpert
Brian Sweney, SCAD Interior Design Professor with a Master’s Degree in Architecture helped students learn what materials and designs are needed to build eco-friendly structures to kickstart building their sustainable cities.