Dubai and Sustainable Buildings

Learn about how Dubai built a sustainable city full of famous buildings.

Lesson steps

Locate Dubai on the Earth Cubs map, then find Dubai using real atlases.

Discuss geographical location, neighbouring counties, name the closest seas, think about its location in relation to the Equator.

Dubai World Map

A map of the world with Dubai located!

Present the Dubai's Famous Buildings presentation

Ask the class if they know anything about them. Discuss thoughts and opinions.

Dubai's Famous Buildings

Amazing images of Dubai's famous buildings!

Ask the children, what would make a building more sustainable?

Ask the class if they know of any sustainable buildings in their local area. Can you describe them?

Present the Sustainable Buildings presentation.

Sustainable Buildings

Learn about what a building needs to be more sustainable!

As a class, talk about the buildings and discuss their features using Dubai's Sustainable City website.

Visit the Sustainable City website here. Talk about why this is a pioneering city.

Set the class an activity to design their own sustainable building.

Then ask children to present their designs to the class and explain their sustainable features.

Blank Worksheet

A blank worksheet, perfect for drawing!

Learning outcomes

To learn about Dubai’s buildings

To understand what is a sustainable building

To design a sustainable building

Questions

What is a sustainable building?

Why are buildings in hot climates different to buildings in cold climates?

Can you describe your favourite building?

Vocabulary

Global Goal

Infrastructure

Innovation

Industry

Desalination plant

Human characteristic

Physical characteristic

Talking points

Why do we need to make more sustainable buildings?

Activity ideas

Design a Sustainable Building

Ask the students to design their own sustainable building, drawing inspiration from the sustainable buildings in Dubai.

Design a Promotion Poster!

Design a poster promoting your new sustainable building! Try listing the amazing features you've come up with and stick the cut-out of your sustainable building onto the poster.

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