# STEAM Future City Challenge | Creative Problem Solving Scenario | No-prep | Stages 2 & 3 **Price:** $4.95 AUD **Seller:** TeachBuySell Seller **Year Levels:** year3, year4, year5, year6 **Subjects:** designAndTechnologies, humanitiesAndSocialSciences, science ## Description (seller-submitted) Future City Challenge | STEAM Project | Critical & Creative Thinking | Design a Sustainable City | Years 3–6 What if your students could design a city of the future ? In this engaging, real-world STEM /STEAM + critical thinking challenge , students take on the role of city planners to solve global problems like overcrowding, pollution, energy use, and climate change. This is more than a project—it’s a deep thinking experience where students must plan, innovate, and justify their ideas. WHY TEACHERS LOVE THIS ✔ High engagement with real-world relevance ✔ Encourages creative, critical, and systems thinking ✔ Builds problem-solving, reasoning, and communication skills ✔ No prep required—just project and go ✔ Works across multiple subjects (STEM, Geography, Design & Technology) WHAT STUDENTS WILL DO Students will: Design a future city from scratch Solve real-world challenges (energy, transport, sustainability) Plan how people will live and interact Create innovative systems for waste, resources, and infrastructure Explain and justify their design decisions There is no single correct answer —just deeper thinking. WHAT’S INCLUDED ✔ Scenario-based lesson slides ✔ Clear Your Task and You Must criteria ✔ Structured Plan & Create design prompts ✔ Explain Your Thinking questions ✔ “Think Further” problem-solving twist ✔ Extension challenge (future improvements & innovation) ✔ Student reflection prompts ✔ Teacher notes + implementation ideas ✔ Differentiation strategies (support & extension) FLEXIBLE & EASY TO USE ✔ Quick Lesson (20–30 mins) – perfect for a thinking warm-up ✔ Full Lesson (45–60 mins) – deep dive into design and reasoning Use as: STEM/STEAM project Inquiry lesson Fast finisher task Critical thinking routine End-of-term project PERFECT FOR Stages 2–3 STEAM | Sustainability | Geography | Design & Technology | Inquiry-Based Learning SKILLS DEVELOPED Creative thinking Critical thinking Systems thinking Problem solving Reasoning & justification Reflection & metacogni… [truncated] --- View on TeachBuySell: https://teachbuysell.com.au/l/6a34e923-feb3-47bc-879e-a144956d3c54 Marketplace: https://teachbuysell.com.au