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FUTURE CITY Mrs. Franco

FUTURE CITY Mrs. Franco. About Me. Teaching for 6 years Passion for the field of Science Enjoy Reading, Traveling, Photography & Yoga on my spare time. Graduated FIU in 2007 Bachelors in Communication Minor in Marketing/Business Professional Teaching Certificate Elementary k-6

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FUTURE CITY Mrs. Franco

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  1. FUTURE CITY Mrs. Franco

  2. About Me • Teaching for 6 years • Passion for the field of Science • Enjoy Reading, Traveling, Photography & Yoga on my spare time • 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

  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. 1st & 2nd Quarter • 1st 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 • 2nd 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. 3rd& 4th Quarter • 3rd 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 • 4th 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

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