City Design Project 2b485i

Name(s): _____________________ _____________________________

City Design For your final assessment in the unit on angle pairs, parallel and perpendicular lines, you are going to design a city. You may work in teams of NO MORE THAN 3 STUDENTS on this task. Use this document as a checklist for your project. You will be graded according to the attached rubric. 1. Before beginning the project, decide on a name for your city. 2. Your city may have many different streets, but it must contain all of the following: o

at least six parallel streets

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at least five pairs of streets that meet at right angles to each other

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at least three transversal streets

3. Use an appropriate scale to construct an accurate two-dimensional pictorial representation of your city. 4. All parallel and perpendicular streets should be carefully drawn. Use a protractor and straightedge to make sure that your streets are parallel and perpendicular. 5. Label the angle measures, to the nearest degree, of all the street intersections in your city. 6. Give a name to each street in your city.

VERY IMPORTANT! Place each of the following on your drawing according to the given specifications: a.

the bank and the post office at alternate interior angles;

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City Hall and the Courthouse at vertical angles;

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a school and a supermarket at corresponding angles;

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a gas station and a hardware store on streets that are parallel to each other;

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the hospital and a general store on a transversal street, and both on the same side of the transversal;

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a motel, a beauty salon, and a pharmacy on streets forming a right triangle;

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a park in the city with streets as boundaries and in the shape of a different triangle;

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5 stop lights at intersections of streets that are perpendicular;

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3 yield signs on transversal streets;

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2 flashing red/yellow lights at any two intersecting streets. 


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You may add anything else you wish to your city representation, but a sheet identifying each addition must accompany your model. If you wish, you may make a three-dimensional model of your city.

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Be creative, accurate, and neat. Make your city attractive.

Name(s): _____________________ _____________________________

City Design Checklist Use this checklist to make sure you have included all the components for the project. Your final version should be NEAT and ATTRACTIVE, as well as complete. Use COLOR to highlight important features.

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Name for city: ______________________________ Parallel streets 1 2 Perpendicular streets (right angles) 1 2 Transversal streets 1 2 Scale is appropriate. Straight edge used. Protractor for measuring angles. Angle measures labeled. Streets named neatly. Bank and Post Office at alternate interior angles City Hall and Courthouse at vertical angles School and supermarket at corresponding angles Gas station and hardware store on streets that are parallel Hospital and general store on same side of a transversal Motel, beauty salon, pharmacy on streets forming a right triangle Park in the city on streets in the shape of a different triangle 5 stop lights at perpendicular intersections 1 2 3 yield signs on transversal streets 1 2 2 flashing red/yellow lights at any 2 intersections 1 2

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City Design Project Rubric: Designers: Component

Superior

Good

62-70 pts

50-61 pts

Completion All required elements 70 points

Score:

are correctly placed in the project. Everything is accurately and clearly labeled.

27-30 pts Neatness/ Creativity/ Effort 30 points

Score:

Most required elements are correctly placed in the project. (no more than 2 errors) Everything is clearly labeled with no more than 2 labels missing.

22-26 pts

The project clearly evidences pride in the creators. It is neatly and colorfully laid out, and apparent effort has been made to create a polished and creative project.

The project is neatly and creatively laid out, and displays effort on the part of the designers to produce a finished project.

Acceptable 40-49 pts Required elements are correctly placed in the project with no more than 5 errors. Most things are labeled with no more than 4 labels missing or unreadable.

18-21 pts Some effort has gone into the layout and appearance of the design, but there are errors which have not been carefully corrected, or some of the work has been hastily completed.

TOTAL GRADE This grade will be entered as both a project grade out of 50 and as a quiz grade out of 50.

City Design Project Rubric: Designers:

Unacceptable 0-39 pts More than 5 errors or omissions in the project; more than 4 labels missing or unreadable.

0-17 pts The incompleteness and/or sloppiness of the design reflects the lack of effort in its creation.

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