Environmental Engineering: Adapting to Rising Sea Levels with Floating Buildings | Sinking Cities

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earth science climate change WNET Sinking Cities SinkC18 Peril & Promise engineering design process engineering design challenge sea level rise Natural Hazards Human Impacts on Earth Systems Kunle adeyemi Tokyo London Toshio Nakajima Richard Kootz engineering design floating buildings floating structure applied engineering
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Environmental Engineering: Adapting to Rising Sea Levels with Floating Buildings | Sinking Cities

Learn how designers are responding to rising sea levels by creating floating buildings in this video from the PERIL & PROMISE series Sinking Cities. In the accompanying classroom activity, students use the engineering design process to make floating structures. Additional support materials are available, including discussion questions, vocabulary, and a handout. 
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PBS Learning Media

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