Virtual Exploration and Design for a Sustainable World

Use Virtual Exploration to Inspire Sustainable Design

 

Get a global introduction to sustainable design by using Google Maps and Google Earth as tools for virtual exploration. Analyze sites of past settlements and come up with your own design for a sustainable dwelling or community of the future.

Students will gain a deeper understanding of geography, world history and sustainable design as they explore world regions. We will examine historical sites and consider why those sites were successful. After analyzing several case studies, students will learn basic concepts of sustainable design and then sketch a house of the future for a specific site using their new perspective. They will present their sustainable designs to classmates and explain their justifications for specific elements. The class is aimed at students interested in maps, geography, history, natural environments, and sustainable architecture and design.

What You Will Learn

Students in Virtual Exploration and Design for a Sustainable World will:

• Gain experience in posing meaningful research questions
• Learn how to explore Earth’s surface for research purposes using Google Earth and Google Maps
• Gain an understanding of how to create well-designed homes and public spaces for the future using sustainable methods through research and site analysis
• Learn how to find and use global census reports and United Nations data in their research
• Analyze a geographic area and examine features that promote healthy human habitat
• Develop an understanding of how to gather reputable data from the internet
• Demonstrate advanced oral and written communication skills through effective presentation of research results

Return to the Sally Ride Science Junior Academy website here.
 

Note: Upon successful enrollment of a section, students will receive a confirmation email from our Student Services team. This email will include a link to an authorization form that is required to be completed within 72-hours of enrollment. 

In response to COVID-19 health guidelines, we have restructured our in-person Junior Academy workshops as online courses. Contact us at srs@ucsd.edu if you have questions.

Course Number: GEOG-90004
Credit: 1.50 unit(s)

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6/27/2022 - 7/1/2022

$175

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• SECTION ID:

  164940

• CLASS TYPE:

  Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/date).

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Stine, Trevor

  Trevor is an instructor at NewSchool of Architecture + Design. Earlier in his career, Trevor lived in the wilderness of Tennessee for two years as a wilderness counselor for adjudicated youths. In San Francisco, he managed four multi-million dollar philanthropic campaigns for the United Way of the Bay Area. He took numerous, long solo motorcycle journeys throughout Mexico, Central America, and the United States in order to undertake academic research and promote his international development organization. Besides teaching at NewSchool of Architecture + Design, Trevor is the founder of Pangea Proxima, an international non-profit organization, focused on increasing access to education and health, while promoting sustainable building in developing nations. He also founded and is a co...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  1st meeting mandatory.
  Early enrollment advised.
  No UCSD parking permit required.
  No visitors permitted.
  Pre-enrollment required.
  No refunds after: 6/20/2022.
  

• NOTE:

  This is a ELEMENTARY SCHOOL level course. Instructor will email student with Zoom information 24-hours in advance of start date. Please note this email will go to the student email on file, and not the parent email. The course runs the first two hours with an optional office hour the last hour. Supply list: No supplies are needed for this course.

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
6/27/2022	Mon	1:00 p.m.	4:00 p.m.
6/28/2022	Tue	1:00 p.m.	4:00 p.m.
6/29/2022	Wed	1:00 p.m.	4:00 p.m.
6/30/2022	Thu	1:00 p.m.	4:00 p.m.
7/1/2022	Fri	1:00 p.m.	4:00 p.m.