In this project, you will design a theme park with an ancient civilization theme. You will create a computer drawing of your park, a poster to get people to come to it, and you will put together an application to protect your theme park idea from being stolen by anyone else. You will learn History by studying ancient civilizations and basing your theme on one of them. You will learn English by writing a professional explanation of your project, and by coming up with a creative way to get people to come to your park. You will learn Science by studying the physical forces (like gravity) that affect the rides at your park. Your rides must be fun, but also safe! You will learn Math by calculating the forces that will make your rides successful, by calculating how many visitors your park will have each day, and by creating your computer drawing to scale.
Start by checking out some examples of theme parks! http://www.battagliainc.com/ThemedProjects.html
When you finish your design, you can enter it in the Wallace & Gromit Cracking (brilliant) Ideas contest! Be sure to hand in your project on time, and send it by email to hi.ms.anke@gmail.com because it has to be in by March 31st! http://www.crackingideas.com/competition/
HISTORY: [] Understand life in the past, what decisions people made and what were the consequences of their decisions [] Understand how life is different depending on the place where people live [] Understand how norms and values were different in the past
Your theme park needs a theme, of course! For this project, you must choose an ancient civilization to be the theme of your park. That means everything in your park will remind people of that ancient civilization. Think really hard about this: the walkways, the names, the rides, the buildings, the food sold, everything should remind people of that civilization. If you do a really good job, people will feel like they have walked into the world of that civilization, like they have traveled back in time and to a distant land. I have narrowed this down to three civilizations you can choose from:
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient China
- The Roman Empire
You will need to read Chapter 2 in your McDougal Littel World History textbook and complete all of the section reviews, so that you will know about these civilizations. You can find resources to learn more about these places here: http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/wh_survey05/page_build.htm?id=resources/jsp/chapter_links/chapter_links_ch2
Log in as "communityday" and the password is the same as the username on our classroom computers.
This site will help you get ideas for developing what you know about ancient civilizations into a theme for your park: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/familyx/04/wonderworld.html
SCIENCE: [] Understand Newton's Laws of Motion and use them to plan how to build your rides []Understand how energy and momentum work when objects are moving, use this to plan your rides
Go to this site and do the activities. You will learn about forces, and then about what forces have to do with theme park safety. http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot.htm
Now see how physics affects the design of your rides. Do all of the activities on this site. http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/index.html
Think you really understand the science of theme parks? Then test yourself with these quiz games! http://library.thinkquest.org/2745/data/openpark.htm
MATH: [] Figure out what information is needed to make calculations for problem-solving [] Use math to prove the answer to questions [] Solve problems one part at a time [] Use scientific formulae to calculate the answers to problems
You will need to complete two different mathematical activities in this project. First, once you have understood the physics forces that affect theme park rides, use the physics formulae to figure out how to build your rides. Show your work on at least three different equations so that your rides will be fun and safe.
Secondly, look at the graphs of theme park attendance. Read them carefully and then figure out how many people will probably attend your theme park each day. Once you know this, you can figure out how long they will have to wait in line and make changes if you need to. http://www.scottware.com.au/theme/feature/atend_disparks.htm
Here is an example of a proposal that gives a lot of details about a theme park. You can use this as a model for your math and for your professional writing. http://www.rab.com/sales_meetings/amusement.pdf
ENGLISH: [] Use accurate language about what you are studying [] Use correct grammar and punctuation in writing [] Write an explanation that is clear, organized, and sounds professional from beginning to end [] Use strong and descriptive words to make your idea clear and interesting
Once you have a complete theme park idea, you need to think about whether it is original and, if it is, what is original about it. You will need to write a very clear, professional explanation of your ideas and then point out which are new ideas so that those can be protected. Read these instructions, then follow the steps below. http://www.ehow.com/how_4829802_patent-theme-park-idea.html
- Decide which ideas are appropriate for a patent:
- ...a trademark:
- ...a copyright:
- Conduct some research to make sure your ideas have not already been used by someone else. Think of different ways you can find this out, and explain what checking you did in your paper.
- Describe in detail how each part of the park will be built. Explain how physics affects the design of each ride. Show the math used for physics problems and for the number of visitors you think you will have.
- Explain the details of the parts of the park that are not rides. For example, how will the walkways be designed, how will food or souvenirs be sold, how will these fit with the theme?
- Edit and publish your application packet.
Now you need customers! Look at some examples of ads, then follow the instructions in this video to make a poster that will bring people to your theme park!
Make a visual representation of your park using Google SketchUp. Here are some videos that show you how to do it: http://sketchup.google.com/training/videos/new_to_gsu.html
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