What BIZARRE situation do Johannesburg (South Africa), Pitcher (USA), and Wittenoom (Australia) all have in common? And you’ve probably never even heard of Wittenoom or of Pitcher (in Oklahoma, by the way).
All three are highly toxic sites, thanks to decades of mining which was never properly managed. The two smaller cities have been abandoned. Obviously, that’s not a good option for Johannesburg.
In this lesson, students work in groups to figure out how these three cities be