Terrace Town Resources
Teaching Resources
Livability 101, published by the American Institute of Architects
Buildings
Architectives: Form and Function, Bodies and Structure, and Aesthetics from Mentor Arlan Kay
Building Type Assessment from Glendale
Salvadori Function and Form Handouts
What It Feels Like to Be a Building Poses
Density
Density Lesson from Brian Ansel
Energy
Sun, Wind, Land: A Sustainable Terrace Town Activities from the Chicago Architecture Foundation
Let’s Get Energized Assorted Lessons
Museum of Science Boston’s Design Challenges include Whirling Windmills, and Aviary Architect
Engineering
Salvadori Center has a handful of resources that explore the math and science in the buildings, bridges, parks, and communities that surround our students’ lives.
Environment and Nature
Environmental Justice Unit from Muir
Biomimicry Image Slideshow from Muir
Water in the City Assorted Lessons
Urban Forests Assorted Lessons
Government
Greening Your City
Ideas and Images to Make a Green Box City Slideshow from Crestwood
Geoblocks
Planning
Metropolis Lesson Plans from Bay Area educator John Martoni
Scale and Measurement
Transportation
Street and Highway Conversation Starters from Mentor Arlan Kay
Walk Around the Block
Investigate a Building Handout
Neighborhood Survey Lesson Plan
City of Madison Field Trip Worksheets from Glendale
How To Read a Building from the Chicago Architecture Foundation
Working Together
Austin’s Butterfly/ Practicing Constructive Criticism from Crestwood
Writing
Going Green Research and Opinion Writing from Crestwood
Student Building Reports from Van Hise Elementary
Zoning and Land Use
Introduction to Zoning Lesson Plan
Introduction to Zoning Label Template
Student-Created Zoning Map from Glendale
Wild Card “Where should this controversial building go?” Lesson Plan
UW-Stevens Point Planning Resources
Standards and Assessment
Wisconsin Academic Social Studies Standards
Student Assessment Handout from Glendale
About the Program
October 29 Kickoff
Powerpoint of Past Terrace Town Cities
American Planning Association’s I Was an Ambassador for Planning in a Third Grade Classroom
Mentor Activity Ideas- Pam Andros
Mentor Activity Ideas- Michael Jelinek
Mentor Activity Ideas- Jason Valerius
Teacher Orientation Powerpoint
Documenting the project
Sauk Trail’s photo story about their Terrace Town project (wmv format)
Glendale Elementary’s 2016 student-produced magazine on Terrace Town
You Tube Videos
Overview of program- Running Time 3 minutes
Overview of program- Running Time 11 minutes
AIA National’s Celebrating Architecture: Look Up
Crash Course Kids: Let’s Build a City
My Favorite Place Series- Each has a running time of 2-3 minutes
Jason Valerius, Madison Children’s Museum
Jordan Williams, Chocolate Shoppe