Cross-Topic Connections
📋 What it is
A city’s systems are linked — transport, zoning, water and budget all affect each other, so one change ripples through.
🗣️ Coach says
Nothing in a city stands alone. Add a new neighbourhood and you need more transit, more water, more school budget — one change ripples everywhere. Great planners think in connections, not single fixes.
🧠 Memory hook
Everything’s linked — one change ripples through transport, water, budget.
😂 Giggle
Why was the green building so popular?
It had a lot of natural appeal!
😲 Whoa!
When a city builds a new subway line, home prices and new shops often follow along it — one system reshaping another.
✅ Quick check: Give an example of how changing ONE city system forces changes in others.
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
e.g. a new neighbourhood needs more transit, water, power and school budget — one addition ripples through many systems.
Seeing the city as a connected system is higher-order thinking.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Pick one change (a new stadium, a new subway) and name two other systems it would affect.