Design Your Dream Town
Explore the exciting world of urban planning by designing and building your very own miniature community. Discover what makes a neighborhood function well and how different parts work together to serve its residents.
The lesson goal is in this spark, your learner will identify essential services and structures required for a functional community, design a community layout that balances different needs and uses of space and explain the interconnectedness of various elements within a community.
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Learning Guide
Step-by-step guidance. No preparation required.
- 1
Introduction5 Min
- Discuss what makes a town or city work.
- Move on when Student identifies 2-3 essential community elements.
- 2
Explore & Plan8 Min
- Gather cardboard, paper, scissors, tape, and pencil.
- Brainstorm essential community elements and locations.
- Help sketch or list initial ideas for the layout.
- Move on when Student has a rough plan or list of buildings/features for their community.
- 3
Discussion6 Min
- Discuss their community plan and building choices.
- Move on when Student can explain the purpose of several chosen community elements and their interconnections.
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Activity9 Min
- Supervise use of scissors.
- Construct buildings using cardboard, paper, tape.
- Lay out the community model.
- Encourage creativity and problem-solving.
- Move on when Student has constructed a physical model of their community with multiple elements.
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Summary2 Min
- Celebrate their creation and prompt reflection.
- Move on when Student shares one key takeaway or a reflection on their design process.
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