Activity

SimCity Activity

In addition to building your city, answer the following questions and complete the following exercises. For the journal entries, write at least 1 paragraph explaining the successes you had on a particular day and 1 paragraph on what you would improve or what you need to do. You may do all of this on your wiki, or you can create Google Docs and share it with skonecdr@gmail.com. The documents needed will be on the Grade 8 website, the Grade 8 Wiki, and shared in Google Docs.

Day Activity Practice

Day 1 I am doing good for now 2. Identify 3 cities Jefferson County, Wisconsin Hudson, St. Croix County **Chippewa-County** Not

Texarkana, Texas

 * Cedar-Key, Fla.**

Day 2 I need to make more money because if my power plant blows up then if i don't have a lot of money then what am i going to do.

2. Define the following terms: grid, commerce, industry, residence, zoning, property tax, recreation, mayor, alderman, common council.

Day 3 I was going good but not no more i am not going to fail.

2. Looking at the zoning map of Milwaukee, describe the zoning in your neighborhood or in Burdick’s neighborhood. http://www.mkedcd.org/czo/

Day 4 i am going ok now but not as good as i want to do but i can do better then i think. 2. Describe how a power plant works. They work all the same way

Day 5 I do not have much money because i made to remake my city like 4 time i am not going to have that happen again. 2. Describe how a city receives its water. Milwaukee gets they water from the lake that we have. Day 6 I have more money then i had but not much but i have money


 * 1) Milwaukee
 * 2) Chicago
 * 3) Phittsburgh
 * 4) New York
 * 5) Miami
 * 6) Green bay
 * 7) Boston
 * 8) Orlando
 * 9) Chicago
 * 10) Phoenix
 * 11) New York
 * 12) Houston
 * 13) Cleveland
 * 14) New England
 * 15) Tampa Bay
 * 16) Detroit
 * 17) New Orleans
 * 18) Utah
 * 19) Portland
 * 20) New jersey
 * 21) Washington
 * 22) Minnesota
 * 23) Oklahoma
 * 24) Charlotte
 * 25) San Antonio
 * 26) Memphis



Day 7 Print out final SimCity. 2. Compare and contrast your city to another major city in the world. Choose at least 10 areas for comparison and contrast.

SimCity Tips

1. Build fresh water resources. 2. When beginning the city, build near your fresh water resource 3. Build your roads in a grid pattern, with zones no bigger than 6 tiles and no smaller than 4 tiles. 4. Think about mass transit. 5. Make sure people can get to their jobs. 6. Keep taxes as low as you can. 7. Educational levels should reach at least 100. 8. Life Expectancy levels should reach at least 75. 9. Keep an eye on your zoning demand indicators. 10. Keep enough money (at least $4,000) for power plant upgrades. a. Think of non-polluting energy. 11. Build a seaport. 12. Don’t build a stadium until you have enough people in your city. 13. Connect to other cities. 14. When available, build an airport. 15. Encourage particular industries to come into your city.

SIM CITY CHECKLIST

ACTIVITY CHECK 1. WIKI IS CLEAN AND IDENTIFIABLE 2. SEVEN ENTRIES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 3. IDENTIFICATION OF THREE CITIES THAT FOLLOW A GRID PATTERN AND THREE THAT DO NOT 4. COMPARISON OF YOUR CITY WITH ANOTHER CITY IN THE WORLD 5. DEFINTIONS 6. DESCRIPTION OF ZONING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR BURDICK’S NEIGHBORHOOD 7. EXPLANATION OF HOW A POWER PLANT WORKS 8. EXPLANATION OF HOW A CITY RECEIVES WATER 9. IDENTIFICATION OF 20 CITIES THAT HAVE A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS FRANCHISE 10. ALL ENTRIES / ACTIVITIES ASSEMBLED NEATLY ON THE WIKI 11. SIMCITY COMPLETED