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Students can find inspiration of interesting shaped buildings using the 'Places that include interesting shapes!' under Online Resources.

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Students are creating a geometric “city” based on the needs of their city. In partnership with their city’s planning commissioner, students will design a blueprint and 3D model (build up stage) as a solution to the city planner’s needs. (4th/5th grade 2-3 week project)

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Geometrocity (link to Teachers Pay Teachers)

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Click Here

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Or google search 'current city projects [insert city name]'

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How can we, as architects, design a new sector of the city of Zeeland?

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BIG IDEA: I can think about how different shapes affect the look and function of a building.

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BIG IDEA: I can think about how different shapes affect the look and function of a building.

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What things do we need to know to answer our driving question?

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What things do we need to know to answer our driving question?

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(Bullet point list of Student Questions that are categorized)

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Work with your team to define the geometry terms listed and draw a picture of each one.

Use your math curriculum to guide assessment but some may include: quadrilateral, parallelogram, trapezoid, rectangle, rhombus, square, etc.

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BIG IDEA: I can think about our stakeholders and how our new sector will benefit them.

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BIG IDEA: I can think about our stakeholders and how our new sector will benefit them.

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Digital Template Link (Make a copy and edit to fit your classroom needs, shapes they will be assessed on)
Project Link (buy on teachers pay teachers, use pages 32-41)

-When complete with their individual blueprint stage students should complete 'Where is the Love' protocol- students will circle their favorite part of their blueprint.

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Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4

Can create similar maps of your own city for exploration.

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Check out Around the Block: Plains, are there any interesting shapes that you notice?

(Could be blocked by a firewall)

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-Mayor
-Community Members
-Young child
-Business Owner
-Construction Worker
-Experts (architect, contractor, engineer)

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Fill in note for both the Blueprint and Build Up Stage (Click Here)

Teacher Input- After Glow and Grow notes are completed by students, teachers should leave comments as feedback

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BIG IDEA: I can classify geometric figures.

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BIG IDEA: I can classify geometric figures.

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I can list attributes of quadrilaterals, triangles, and two-dimensional shapes.

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For a young child, business owner, and community member.

Each group will create an empathy map for these three stakeholders and share out what they learned in the process.

Directions on how to make an empathy map.

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Google Maps- Click Here
Steelcase Building- Click Here
Devos Place- Click Here
Sydney Opera House- Click Here
Taj Mahal- Click Here
Tower Bridge- Click Here

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-square
-pentagon
-rectangle
-hexagon
-polygon
-quadrilateral

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Follow this link, click 'Get Minecraft"

Try to build your favorite shape!

(Could be blocked by a firewall)

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Communication
What does good communication look like? sound like? feel like?

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Students should use dot voting if they can't decide as a group on what shape their buildings should be.

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Digital Template Link
-Students will use the 'Where is the Love' protocol to combine their favorite parts of each of their individual blueprints.

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Invite stakeholders in to the classroom to give feedback on group blueprint stage.

Or digitally share projects with specific stakeholders to comment on.
Link for blank presentation slides

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Project Link (buy on teachers pay teachers, use nets found on pages 48-58)

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Quizzes and Tests provided within your math curriculum.

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Students could build with legos.

Students could watch this short trailer and look for interesting ways to build things. (Click Here)

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Google Slides Template (Click Here)

QR template to hang around the city for stakeholder feedback. Use a QR generator to link the different teams projects. Download the QR codes and copy them into a document like this to print.