Children pair off to develop separate districts.
The goal is for kids to rapidly develop a city and develop an understanding of how a city is planned with emphasis on interconnections between districts and shared resources. There are discussions on these topics at the beginning and end of each day. This activity is motivated by the Instant City activity described in Doreen Nelson's book. Within these loosely drawn guidelines, kids and instructors work together to sculpt the landform out of Styrofoam, plaster, wood, screws, and paint. Kids create maps starting with the basic dimensions and topography of the layout and begin to plan how streets would look and where different zones would be.