Research the steps of a Self-Sufficient City

ByMiladys Cepero-Perez

Community Facts• Did you know that kids can build

their own knowledge?This project will help your students become real life

Problem solvers!

Goals and Objective

• My project helps students to become town planners and architects. Students take ownership and an active role in the project by creating a perfect, functional, and self-sustaining town.

• http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/it/vtrp/Winners2005.htm

Project Vision• The council members acquired a

large plot of land.• The members of the council would

like your assistance in creating a new town on this land.

• The council will provide funding for 22 buildings in the first year, but it is important that you make wise choices about which buildings should be constructed.

• Students’ Project:I. Name your buildingII. Explanation of at least three

services your building will offer to our town and its citizens.

III. Draw up your building floor-plans.IV. Present their building diorama and

supporting documents to the councilV. Determine location of your building

in our community.

Project Opening• Teacher reads aloud the books

Roxaboxen and Boom Town. Then, teacher hands out the letter from the council members of Perez's self-sustaining town to the students requesting their help in planning a new town.

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First Week• Teacher introduces vocabulary for

this project and Geography skills. • Survey the students to determine

which sorts of buildings (commercial, residential, rural, industrial, and municipal) they want to include in their new town keeping in mind that they can only build 22 buildings.

• My Town ABC document that the teacher will give to students to do at school and finish at home.

Second Week• Reading Boom Town • Discuss with the class why certain

buildings are necessary — a school, perhaps, and a fire station, a gas station, a grocery store, a residential building (such as an apartment complex), an office building, and so on.

• Students need to understand that in order to create a self-sustaining town, they must build buildings that satisfy necessities of our community. Introduce the concept of growth. Should some buildings go up before others? Which should be built in the first year? These should offer employment for a few people who move to the town as well as for others who commute.

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Third Week• Teacher reads out loud "Me on the

Map" to students. Teacher models how to create a floor plan like one the girl in the book did, but the teacher uses the classroom to model for the student. After class discussion of the book and floor plan of the classroom, students create a floor plan of the interior of their building.

• This week students present their buildings, floor plan, and community maps to the rest of the class by using their multimedia presentation. Some students used Inspiration, and others used Keynote. After the presentations, buildings are placed in the media center so that other classes can appreciate and enjoy the final product.

• Another option is to create a floor plan of the community on the floor of your classroom, and invite other classes from school to visit the your community.

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City Floor Plan

The City’s Hospital

Aerial View Of the City

Farm

I wanted to build the police Station because I want to be a police officer when I grow up!

To apply:1. Contact me- • E-mail me

miladys.cepero-perez@browardschools.com

2. Complete the application and send it to Broward Education Foundation

My grant = Money for your classroom

Thank you very much for attending to my workshopMrs. Perez