Project Utopia

In term 1 in 2020, we started doing a project called project utopia. Although We may not have known it, we first started learning about utopias and dystopias very early on. During the project, we have learnt about the Global Goals, liveability factors, Sustainability, Geographical concepts and much more. Project Utopia has taken us through three terms across many subjects.

Humanities were one of the major subjects that we focussed on during project utopia. In humanities, we learnt about the liveability which taught us how to design our community by incorporating things such as the Climate, environmental quality, infrastructure and more. We also learnt about water and how we must have a good supply and access to it. The final thing we did in humanities was we wrote a constitution for rules to follow for our community. I feel I learnt the most from the liveability factors because they have taught me that for examples cities with bad infrastructure do not run smoothly and often have heavy poverty. Humanities have been one of the most important subjects for me throughout the utopia project.

Science also helped me learn about sustainability. In science, we made a sustainable house to make our utopia use less non-renewable resources that hurt the environment.  We built our sustainable houses in partners. First, we started by researching sustainable house features and behaviours we can use to be more energy and water-efficient. We then built a physical model and presented to the class what we had been doing. This subject taught me about sustainability and how we would have to have our houses built to save non-renewable resources from being used.

In English we read the giver which was the first step of our utopia although we did not know it. The giver taught us about dystopian communities where people have limited decisions. In English we also learnt about public speaking so we would be more confident at the presentation talking and answering questions. I learnt the most from the giver because, it was a book, I had time to think about all the different complications. I also had time to reflect on what I had read. I think that I learnt the most from reading the Giver.

Innovat-ED was the time we had to build and put our other subjects together to create our utopia. At the start of project utopia, we learnt about the global goals. The global goals helped us understand what we needed in our community. We got accreditations for these goals if we understood and had features that would help us reach these goals. We made a drawing of our prototype utopia, so we knew what we were going to create. After that we then created our physical model. I do not think I worked very well with my group and we could have worked much better. I learnt the most from finding out about the global goals because they taught me about many major problems in the world.

In conclusion, I have learnt many things about society and the way cities have been planned to be more sustainable, liveable, and reliable. I have also learned that it is not only features but behaviours that help make a city more liveable and sustainable. I have learnt lot’s from this project that I hope will be able to help me in the future.

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