Purpose: In this activity, students will be introduced to basic strategies and tools used to imagine and construct future worlds. These worlds will be used as a framework for imagining boundary-pushing transit solutions that harness renewable energy to deliver safe and innovative transportation solutions that meet the needs of its users. 

Overview: Students will work in pairs using a self-selected Future Building image from the slides above to construct a vision of their future world. Once an analysis is created, students will generate a day-in-the-life storyboard for someone living in that world. 

Instructions:

Part 1: In pairs, students will select an inspirational image from the slides above that they will analyze and work with for this activity.

Part 2: Analyze the world and envision what the logistics of it would look like using the questions below as a starting place. 

Part 3: Create a collage of your future world using magazine and printed images, or using a digital photo-editing software. The more details, the better. 

Part 4: Design a morning storyboard (template attached) for a student like you living in the future world. How would they get from point A to point B in this world? How would their daily tasks be impacted by a futuristic transportation system? 

Things to consider:

• Is there access to water? Fresh water? Salt Water? 
• How is water utilized or not utilized in this world? 
• What is the landscape like?
• What is the climate? Is there extreme weather?
• What kind of animals and plants live here? 
• What kind of government exists in this world? 
• Who holds power and resources here? What resources are the most valuable? 
• What forms of entertainment exist in this world? Is art important here? 
• What kind of foods and drinks are most consumed here? Why? 
• What do people do for work here? What are the most common professions? 
• What technology do people use to communicate? Do our current communication tools work in this world? 
• How do people get around? What forms of transportation are most useful? 
• What powers technology in this world? Water? Wood? The Sun?

DELIVERABLE:

All work should be added to the Responses tab in the form of a slide deck. It should include the following:

1. The inspiration photo of your future world
2. Your analysis of the future world. 
3. The storyboard developed from your future world. This should be in the form of a storyboard. You are welcome to sketch it or develop it digitally. There are many templates on Canva that are helpful for this.