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Build a City: Exploring Geometry in Urban Design for Fifth Graders

This engaging webquest invites fifth-grade students to discover the vital role of geometry in city building. Students will practice essential geometric skills, including identifying angles and polygons, calculating perimeter and area, and applying these concepts to design a prototype city skyline. Aligned with North Carolina Geometry standards and ISTE technology guidelines, this project enhances math learning through creative architectural design. Resources for parents and additional enrichment activities are also included.

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Build a City: Exploring Geometry in Urban Design for Fifth Graders

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  1. Geometry Webquest Let’s Build a City HomeIntroduction Parents’ Page: Enrichment Geometry Games; Skills PracticeResourcesEvaluation

  2. Question: “ did you know that you need geometry to build a city?” • Home • Introduction • Parents’ Page: Enrichment • Geometry Games; Skills Practice • Resources • Evaluation

  3. Introduction • Look around you…Geometry is EVERYWHERE! • The houses we live in, the buildings we learn and work in, the cars we drive… • All were designed and built using Geometry. • An understanding of Geometry and basic Geometric principles is an essential skill, not just in Math class, but in real life. • On the fifth grade level, basic Geometry skills include identifying and classifying angles and polygons, measurement, and calculating perimeter and area. • The purpose of this Webquest is to practice and master these basic Geometry skills and apply them to the construction of a prototype city skyline. • This Webquest has been designed for fifth grade students and meets the Geometry standards of North Carolina State and the ISTE national technology standards. HomeIntroduction Parents’ Page: Enrichment Geometry Games; Skills PracticeResourcesEvaluation

  4. Can you spot the polygons? Home

  5. North Carolina Geometry Standards • I can calculate the perimeter of regular and irregular polygons • Students will identify and justify geometric relationships, formally and informally. • Geometric Relationships • I can classify two-dimensional figures by their attributes. • I can classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on their properties HomeIntroduction Parents’ Page: Enrichment Geometry Games; Skills PracticeResourcesEvaluation

  6. Parent Page • Enrichment Resources for Parents, Families, and Groups. • http://www.archikids.org/links.html • http://www.arch.pitt.edu/opportunities/field-trips.php • http://caf.architecture.org/page.aspx?pid=422 HomeIntroduction Parents’ Page: Enrichment Geometry Games; Skills PracticeResourcesEvaluation

  7. The Architect • Google SketchUp: http://sketchup.google.com/download/gsu.html • Google SketchUp is a 3-dimensional drawing and modeling software program that allows the user to create architectural drawings to scale and render profiles and cross-sections of the drawing. • 1) Download the free version of Google SketchUp to get started. • 2) Install the program by double-clicking on the file name. • 3) Open Google SketchUp and the main drawing board will appear on the screen. • 4) Watch the animated tutorial. • 5) Open program and begin to draw using the pencil tool. • 6) Click on paint bucket to add color. • 7) Be sure to save your work. HomeIntroduction Parents’ Page: Enrichment Geometry Games; Skills PracticeResourcesEvaluation

  8. The Designer • Process: Sketch a preliminary design for a 21st century city skyline. • Use “Paint” computer program. • Collaborate with “The Researcher” on findings of existing city skylines and identify areas for improvement. • Revise design drawings. HomeIntroduction TaskStudent’s Page: Process Teacher’s Page: StandardsParents’ Page: Enrichment Geometry Games; Skills PracticeResourcesEvaluation

  9. The Researcher The Great Buildings Collection: http://www.greatbuildings.com/ The history of skyscrapers http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blskyscapers.htm HomeIntroduction Parents’ Page: Enrichment Geometry Games; Skills PracticeResourcesEvaluation

  10. Geometry: make your own shape • http://www.mathplayground.com/geoboard.html Home

  11. Geometry word problems • http://www.mathplayground.com/wpdatabase/Geometry1_1.htm Home Introduction Parents’ Page: Enrichment Geometry Games; Skills Practice Resources Evaluation

  12. Geometry: design a floor plan • http://www.mathplayground.com/PartyDesigner/PartyDesigner.html Home

  13. Geometry: if the shape fits… • http://www.mathplayground.com/buildingblocks.html Home

  14. Resources Schoolyards to Skyscrapers http://caf.architecture.org/page.aspx?pid=406 The Great Buildings Collection: http://www.greatbuildings.com/ The Great Buildings Collection: http://www.greatbuildings.com/ Technology Standards for students: http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-students/nets-student-standards-2007.aspx Home

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