1. Future City Focus Topics  SCALE  STEM CAREERS

2. Future City Focus Topics  SCALE Describes proportion  How the size of one thing relates to another

3. Future City Focus Topics  SCALE Why is it important for Future Cities  Model must be built to scale  Limitations, model must be 25” (W) x 50” (L) x 20” (H), Students have to choose a scale that leaves enough room to display their section of the city.

4. Future City Focus Topics  SCALE Getting the idea across  Discuss where scale is used and have students come up with examples. Model cars Maps Globes Building Plans

5. Future City Focus Topics  SCALE Getting the idea across Give example of how scaled models are used to help us understand our world and solve problems.

6. Future City Focus Topics  SCALE Types of Scale  1” = 100’  ¼” = 1’  1 cm = 1 meter  1 unit = 5 units  1 unit = 10’  50’ = 1  When would a larger scale be valuable?

7. Future City Focus Topics  SCALE Ideas for grasping the idea  Have them familiarize themselves with the dimensions of things they might put in their model. (house, school, basketball hoop)  Start with unit scale 1 box = 1’, create a drawing  Give them a set scale and have them practice with things around the room.  Have the students create/build something reading a scaled plan.

8. Future City Focus Topics  SCALE Ideas for grasping the idea  Have the students create a real scaled plan for their city to lay on top of the future model.  Have them think about what materials they could use to build  Pick the largest building in their city and go from there.

9. Future City Focus Topics  STEM CAREERS Introduce students to careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

10. Future City Focus Topics  STEM Careers Why is it important for Future Cities  It’s ALWAYS a question in the competition at one point or another.  Understanding how many people it takes to make a city function properly.  They will understand the endless career opportunities available.

11. Future City Focus Topics  STEM Careers ACTIVITY: Let’s list all of the STEM careers we can think of.

12. Future City Focus Topics  STEM Careers ACTIVITY: Write down in detail from the time you woke up till you got here this morning what you did.

13. Future City Focus Topics  STEM Careers ACTIVITY: Write down what STEM career(s) correlate with what you did in order to get ready and get here this morning

14. Future City Focus Topics  STEM Careers Other Ideas  Give students STEM careers or let them choose careers.  Fieldtrips or speakers  Jeopardy