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New Apartment: Debate

High Performance Glass
English/Language Arts
Buildings
Grade 12
AB
New Apartment

Description

In this lesson, students role-play a construction company debate about implementing high-performance glass, an environmentally sustainable building innovation. Students are assigned different stakeholder roles, research to support their positions, and practice constructing and presenting evidence-based arguments in a structured debate format.

Lesson Type: Literacy

Duration: Single Class

Sector: Buildings

Region: Urban Areas

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