Purpose: In this short activity, students will be introduced to basic strategies and tools used to imagine and construct future worlds for the purpose of identifying potential transit solutions that could be used to harness renewable energy and adapt to the drastic environments in these future scenarios.

Description: Students will work in pairs using a self-selected Future Building image from the slides above to construct a STEEP analysis of your future world. Once an analysis is created, students will move on to designing an experience map for that world. All work should be added to the World Building Responses tab in the form of a slide deck.

Part 1: In pairs, students will select an inspiration image from the slides above that they will analyze and work with for this activity.

Part 2: Analyze the world and envision what the logistics of it would look like. Construct a STEEP analysis of the world. (Social, Technological, Economical, Environmental, Political)

Part 3: Map out a fantastical daily routine for this future world that mirrors the one from your very good day scenario. How would you get from point A to point B in this world? How would your daily tasks be impacted? 

Things to consider:

• Is there access to water? Fresh water? Salt Water? 
• How is water utilized or not utilized in this world? 
• What is the landscape like?
• What is the climate? Is there extreme weather?
• What kind of animals and plants live here? 
• What kind of government exists in this world? 
• Who holds power and resources here? What resources are the most valuable? 
• What forms of entertainment exist in this world? Is art important here? 
• What kind of foods and drinks are most consumed here? Why? 
• What do people do for work here? What are the most common professions? 
• What technology do people use to communicate? Do our current communication tools work in this world? 
• How do people get around? What forms of transportation are most useful? 
• What powers technology in this world? Water? Wood? The Sun?

DELIVERABLE:

All work should be added to the World Building Responses tab in the form of a slide deck. It should include the following:

1. The inspiration photo of your future world
2. STEEP Analysis of your future world (Social, Technological, Economical, Environmental, Political) 
3. The experience map developed from your future world. This should be in the form of a storyboard. You are welcome to sketch it or develop it digitally. There are many templates on Canva that are helpful for this.