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Explore Everything: Place-Hacking the City
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Explore Everything: Place-Hacking the CityExplore Everything: Place-Hacking the City

It is assumed that every inch of the world has been explored and charted; that there is nowhere new to go. But perhaps it is the everyday places around us—the cities we live in—that need to be rediscovered. What does it feel like to find the city’s edge, to explore its forgotten tunnels and scale unfinished skyscrapers high above the metropolis? Explore Everything reclaims the city, recasting it as a place for endless adventure.

 
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Worksheets for using in class series "Building Big"
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Worksheets for using in class seriesWorksheets for using in class series

Дидактический материал к двум фильмам серии "Building Big" - "Skyscrapers" и "Domes"

Didactic materials to 2 films of the "Building Big" series - "Skyscrapers" and "Domes"

 
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PBS - Building Big - Skyscrapers (VIDEO)
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PBS - Building Big - Skyscrapers (VIDEO)Tour the towers that made history and altered the future. Why was New York’s most famous skyscraper dubbed the "Empty State Building?" How big is Japan’s planned "supertower?" Tour the world’s most incredible skylines with award-winning author-illustrator- and captivating storyteller- David Macaulay and trace the amazing stories of skyscrapers. They introduces courageous creators, recounts little known history, and reveals supersized triumphs through spectacular film footage and dramatic recreations.

 Grade level:  4 and up

 
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Tags: Building, Skyscrapers, history, Towers, creators, known, little, reveals