City of Shapes | Part 1: City Streets (Geometry)
Step into the shoes of an urban planner and create your very own city blueprint using geometric shapes and constructions!
Introduction
Students will utilize geometric concepts to create a detailed blueprint for a city layout. They'll use their understanding of points, lines, rays, and planes to sketch out the basic structure of their city. Angles, triangles, and circles will come into play as students carefully map out roads and intersections, with considerations for parallel, perpendicular, and transversal lines to ensure functionality and accessibility within their city plan.
Learn from real city planners to understand the challenges and constraints of their work, and imagine how your design could come to life in a real city.
Essential Questions
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What are the basic building blocks of geometry?
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How are geometric figures and shapes constructed?
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How do we measure angles and lengths, and how do we determine these values without measuring them directly?
Learning Objectives
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Identify points, lines, rays, and planes.
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Construct and describe angles as acute, obtuse, or right.
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Use theorems to draw conclusions about line and angle measures.
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Draw conclusions about geometric figures and length and angle measures, and provide evidence to support their conclusions.
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Construct some geometric figures.
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Identify transversals and evaluate angle measures.
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Identify complementary and supplementary angles, and use their properties to calculate missing values.