The New World

Abby Sharp, 14 years old; Wyatt Peery, 13 years old; and Tom Krajnak, 14 years old; won the first price at the 2009 NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK FUTURE CITY COMPETITION. This time, it focused on water conservation; participants had to invent a way to improve the uses of water in the houses. More than 30,000 students competed (38 middle schools). They had to construct it in a computer program ,SIMSCITY 4 DELUXE, and then, make a model of it and write about the project.
These Ohio eighth-graders students, created a city where all the people had a system that used natural resources such us geothermal energy and hydropower that helped the planet; its name “New World” comes from the Latin “Novo Mondum”.
I think this competition is a way in which the students can have many ideas of how they can help our planet in their houses in a way that they can learn easily, also they can learn how to be architects and be prepared to the future.

Taken from:http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK