Event Description

Learn about the role buildings play in our climate crisis and how key sustainable design techniques such as renewable energy and designing with nature can instead make buildings a positive force in our environment. Test out simple design activities you can use with students in grades 3 and up to explore these ideas and build your own awareness of ways they can help make a better environment for the future. Participants will receive their Environmental Design checklist, a simplified version of the US Green Building Council’s LEED rating system, to guide students to design their own green buildings using recycled materials.

Materials: Please have these materials on hand to use during this session:

- Several sheets of blank paper

- Pencil or pen

- One piece of cardstock

- Colored pencils/crayons or markers

- Scissors

- Glue or glue stick

- Hole punch and 1” paper fastener

- Strip of corrugated cardboard (~1” x 12”)

Presented by: 

The Center for Architecture's K-12 Education Department in partnership with the NYC Department of Youth & Community Development.

Target Audience: 

DYCD-funded After-School Program Community Educators, Front-Line Staff, Education Specialists, Activity Specialists, Program Directors, Site Directors and Supervisors of K-8 programs.

Format: 

This workshop is an interactive Zoom session where you will analyze architecture, participate in group discussions, test out activities and share back with the group. Please use a computer, laptop or tablet with camera. Dialing in by phone is not recommended.

Takeaways: 

Participants will walk away with new insights and knowledge about architecture and design; successful activities to use with students; activity write-ups, materials lists and online resources; and ideas for customizing activities to suit your site’s themes and audience.

Follow Up: 

Office Hours will be available for post-training consultations with CFA Educators to help you adapt these activities to your programming and site.