BUILD A CITY PROJECT
You are the architect of your own city. Creativity and
imagination paired with your math skills involving
surface area and volume will help you create your
very own city. You may use as many of any of the
shapes as you would like. You must color and decorate
your town and your buildings using your amazing art
skills. Document the number of each shape used per
building and use the formula sheet provided to aid you
in calculating the total surface area and volume of the
shapes in each building. Use this rubric and the formula
sheet to guide you in development and creation of your
project city.
BUILD A CITY PROJECT
RUBRIC
Perfect
(3pts)
Poster
Layout and
decoration
Poster was
well thought
out and
creatively
decorated.
5 Buildings
Minimum
5 buildings
completed
Good
(3pts)
Unfinished
(3pts)
Aspects of Poster was
the poster not colorful
were messy
and the
and not
design and
completed
layout was
to the best
messy and
of their
unfinished.
ability.
3 buildings
completed
1 building
completed.
ZERO
(0pts)
Nothing was
done
Nothing was
done
Documentati Documented Documented Documentati
on of
all shapes on shapes on
on of
shapes on
each building some of the shapes only
each building
buildings
on 1 building.
Nothing was
done
Surface
area and
Volume
Calculations
Nothing was
done
Surface
area and
volume
calculated
on all
buildings
correctly
Surface
area and
volume not
calculated
on all
buildings
SA and V
were only
calculated
on one
building.
Unprofession
Explanation Professional
City not
al and
and
and
fully
Presentation
complete
explained but incomplete
explanation
of City
presentation overall good
to class.
presentation. with not all
group
members
participating.
Nothing was
done
BUILD A CITY PROJECT
FIll in this table with all the information about your
buildings. How many of each shape did you use? What is
the total Surface Area and Volume of each shape?
# of
Shapes
Used:
Building 1
Building 2
Building 3
Building 4
Building 5
Total
Surface
area of
each
building:
Total
Volume of
each
building:
Cube
Rectangular
Prism
pyramid
cone
cylinder
BUILD A CITY PROJECT
BUILD A CITY PROJECT
TELL ME ABOUT YOUR CITY!
Write a detailed description below of the story of
your city. Tell me about the buildings, the town, the type
of jobs and people in your city. Use your imagination!
BUILD A CITY PROJECT
Below are the shapes that can be used for the
project! PYRAMID, CONE, CYLINDER, CUBE.
BUILD A CITY PROJECT
BUILD A CITY PROJECT
BUILD A CITY PROJECT