Introduction
Welcome to GEOMETROCITY! Your challenge is to design a city using your geometry skill. You Yo uwill create a city that uses 2D and 3D while practicing plane and solid geometry. You may use many types of geometric skills such as building nets to create buildings and stuctures along with designing parts of a city with shapes, lines, angles, and more.
Task
The object of this project is to create a city from scratch using learned geometry skills and concepts such as:
- Plane Geometry
- Solid Geometry
- Polygon
- Angles
- Symbols
- Coordinates
- Area & Perimeter
- 2D Shapes
- 3D Shapes
- Transformations
- And more...
You are encouraged to be CREATIVE and use your IMAGINATION withthis city. Use your classmates, the Internet, and other resources to made sound decisions. Look at maps, puctires, videos, and collaborate with others to build your ideal city.
As you move through this project there will be certain requirements that must be met, too, but they will be stated clearly for you to see,
Many of the math concepts are used daily in real world situations such as architecture and design, It is importatn you recognize the real world applications of lessons learned in school.
You'll be demonstrating your skills withing geometry to create ac tiy made of math...GEOMETROCITY!
Process
BEFORE YOU BEGIN: MAPPING SKILLS
Click on the following links to view different types of maps. One was created long ago, while the others were created more recently. Look closely and discuss with your classmates and teacher some of the similarities and differences between them.
Map 1: http://www.givewaymapping.co.uk/img/products/uk-wide-mapping-example-3…;
Map 2: http://www.orphicpixel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Point-of-Interest…;
Map 3: https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-a7223e8aca7ceab4752d3c9a5aefef52-…;
Map 4: http://www.esl-lab.com/eslbasic/map2.GIF
Map5:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51454620e4b086e5da76ecee/t/55b45…;
Discuss the following questions:
1. How is each map different from the others?
2. How is each map the same as all of the others?
3. What is each map focusing on? How do you know?
4. Which is more appealing to you? Why?
5. What kinds of patterns do you see?
There are also some websites for you ro use to improve your mapping skills:
- Social Studies map: http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/ssmaps.html
- National Geographic: http://nationalgeographic.org/education/mapping/kd/?ar_a=5/
- World Maps: http://www.yourchildlearns.com/map-puzzles.htm
In FOLDER A: Read the letter from the City Council of Geometrocity.
In FOLDER B: Brainstorm with the Mayor of Geometrocity.
In FOLDER C: Read the BUILDING SCHEDULE. IMPORTANT: You will need to work thorugh the phases in the order they appear, so that you may finish your project correctly. Failure to do so will result inthe termination of your contract to build Geometrocity!
PHASE ONE: PERMITS
Mr. Mayor and the City Commisioners have a set of tasks for you to complete to prove you know geometry enough to build their city. If you pass you will ge the permits tobegin building. Lets hope you know your geometry! Proceed to FOLDER D for your activities.
PHASE TWO: DESIGN & BUILD
You and your team begin to build the city. There are nine different sections of the city. In each section there are rules and regulations you must follow. Before you begin working on Phase Two you will read a tutorial to assist you. Proceed to FOLDER E for your activities.
PHASE THREE: CONSTRUCTION
Great work! Phase Two is complete, but you are not finished! It's time to put your city together. Cutting, gluing, and assembling is your job....construction of oyu city will begin. You will cut our the sections of the city and piece them all together. The number of sections you have depends on how much you've finished. Proceed to FOLDER F for a tutorial for your construction.
Evaluation
PHASE FIVE: ASSESSMENT:
Now that you have finished GEOMETROCITY, lets assess how well you think you did with the project. Complete the Self-Assessment (Independent and Group work) in FOLDER G.
PHASE SIX: TOURISM:
For your final assessment you will design a two-sided postcard to promote tourism in GEOMETROCITY. One side will be a picture of your city's top tourist attraction. The other side will be a write up describing why this city needs to be visited.
DIRECTIONS:
1. In FOLDER H you will see a blank postcard. Start by picking (or creating) a tourist attraction that will draw people to your city. Think of sports teams, zoos, parks, incredible food, and theaters. There are tons of choices.
2. Next, you will create a cover. It needs to be eye-catching with lots of color and details.
3. Finally, you will write a summary of how great your city is to persuade people to come and visit. In your summary, you must use at least five geometry vocabulary words to describe how great the city is. Example: For example, thousands of symmetrical pieces of glass make the Wills Tower such an amazing building to see.
PHASE SEVEN: CHALLENGE:
URBAN PLANNING
Everyone likes a good challenge! Pick TWO of the items below that you would
like to try. If you are successful....you just might get the key to the city!
1. Create-a-Quiz: Write a ten question quiz on your city. All questions should be able to be answered by looking at your city. Use some ideas during this project to help create great questions.
2. Public Transit Railways: Create 3D railways that run through 1-2 sections of your city.This will require you to make railway, pillars, and a couple of stops along the way, along with a train.
3. Index Card: Use some index cards to create your own type of nets that can be turned into buildings in your city. Don't forget to add color and detail. The possibilities are endless!
4. The Super Highway: Develop and build a raised super highway around your city. Most highways are above ground so smaller roads can travel below. You wil be making the same thing. Don't forget the on and off ramps too!
5. The Subway: Design a subway system. Subways run below ground, so you will need to grab more graphing paper and design a map that would match the ground level. Welcome to the Underground (the name of the Subway system in England)!
Conclusion
CONGRATULATIONS!
You have used your knowledge of geometry to design a city!
In addition you have also used your artistic ability, mapping skills, writing, problem solving and comprehension skills too. Who knows? This may be the beginning of a future career for you. I am so proud of your hard work. Let's display your city in our media center for everyone to enjoy!
Credits
Many thanks to the following for their contributions to this webquest:
Digital Divide & Conquer 2016