1. FUTURE CITY Mrs. Franco

2. About Me Graduated FIU in 2007 Bachelors in Communication Minor in Marketing/Business Professional Teaching Certificate – Elementary k-6 – Integrated Curriculum 6-9 Currently Teach Earth & Space Science & Future City Teaching for 6 years Teaching for 6 years Passion for the field of Science Enjoy Reading, Traveling, Photography & Yoga on my spare time

3. Future City Intro http://futurecity.org/news

4. What is Future City? It is a national program sponsored by the engineering community to promote technological literacy and engineering to middle school students opportunity to participate in the National Engineers Week Future City Competition.

5. Components & Scoring 90 points --Virtual City Design 75 points--Research Essay “Rethink Runoff” 25 points--City Narrative 120 points--The Model 90 points--Team Presentation TOTAL 400 points

6. DUE DATES SimCity city design & Virtual City (Due Dec. 14) Research Essay & City Narrative (Due Jan. 11) 3-D model of city section using recycled materials, presentation, narrative (Due Jan. 19) Sat., Jan 19 Future City Competition at FIU engineering campus The Engineering Center, Room EC-3960 College of Engineering and Computing, 10555 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL-33174

7. 1 st & 2 nd Quarter 1 st Quarter (Aug-Oct) Intro to Future City City Features City Planning Zones and Interconnectivity Sprawl vs New urbanism Creation of City Planning Teams Intro to SimCity 4 Rules of the Road, Tips & Tricks Land use Planning Big City Problems Making Money Creating your Future City 2 nd Quarter (Nov-Jan) Continue creating computer model Intro to Model Building Proportions, Ratios, and Scale Drawings Scale Models Building Strong Structures Plan-Relief and Architectural Models Energy, work, power Potential and Kinetic energy Research-Storm Water Model Building

8. 3 rd & 4 th Quarter 3 rd Quarter (Feb-/Mar) FCAT PREP Nature of Matter Properties of Matter tools of comparison states, weights, combinations organizations Energy Forms and Transformation of Energy Heat Energy and Uses Force and Motion Motion and Wave Forces of Gravity, Magnetism, Electricity Processes That Shape Earth 4 th Quarter (Apr.-Jun.) FCAT Prep Substances and Processes in the Spheres Recycling Interaction and Organization of the Solar System Patterns of Structure and Function of Living Things Process and Importance of Nature and Nurture Interaction of Living Things Nature of Living Things Nature of Science Scientific Process of Solving Problems

9. Grading Tests= 40% Projects/Labs= 30% Quizzes=20% In-class assignments / Home Learning & Participation= 10%

10. Homework Policy No late Homework will be accepted. (I have 215 students.) unless student was absent (excused) No Homework accepted via email/ jumpdrive. If you have computer issues the Media Center is open before and after school

11. Laptop policy Students will be using School Laptops From Mid-September to November to design the virtual city. Nov-Jan. Research Essay Topic & Work on PPT presentation & Narrative