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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1980
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tudents design model cities
By CHRISTINE BRZOZOWSKI
Battalion Reporter
Skyscrapers loomed in the
jrchitect’s imagination as he en-
(isioned plans for a bustling metro-
olitan center. An entire new city
s pushing at the edge of his mind,
ady to come to life in model form,
nd maybe even one day to grow
He-size and beat with the pulse of
pan American humanity.
Such were the dreams of the sixth-
jraders at College Station’s Oak-
pod Middle School as they con-
ucted their New Town Develop-
jient Projects, which will be on dis-
Bay in the City Hall lobby until Dec.
j Teacher Carol Murphy’s goal in
laving the students build model
pties was to give them a better
nderstanding of what makes a city.
| “We had some projects made of
|ood, some of poster board, some of
|otebook paper,” Murphy said,
hey used styrofoam, cardboard,
ligar cubes, test tubes, even metal. ”
| The students are studying social
pience and city government, which
i into city planning.
"The students had to decide
here the shopping center should be
i relation to the houses, and how
hey as citizens could improve the
w
j “The most frequent suggestion
i public transportation,” Murphy
^id. “They’re at the age where their
irents can’t take them everywhere
ley want to go ... they want to be
pie to hop on a bus. ”
j This is the third year the sixth-
■ade class has worked on the pro-
et. Murphy said the students were
tally looking forward to it.
IT was even thinking of not doing it
|is year, but the kids asked for it,”
i said.
I Some of the students went all out
bilding their cities.
[“The projects were supposed to be
ke size of a poster board, but one
by built his real big,” Murphy said.
Tewasn’tafinalist. We couldn’t get
[in the car to get it over there.”
[One unique project was a city en-
rely under water.
1‘This boy made a metal trough
kat he soldered together and filled
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A sixth-grader from Oakwood Middle School The models, part of a social science project,
makes a final adjustment on her model city. are on display in the College Station City Hall.
with water. You could see the build
ings inside weren’t filled, and he had
little plastic people, too,” she said.
To the delight of the young en
gineers, this year’s project coincided
with Community Awareness Week
at City Hall, and the models even got
recognition from the mayor.
“The kids were just beside them
selves,” Murphy said. “They each
got a certificate from the mayor that
said, ‘In appreciation for your sug
gestions ... we will try to implement
them.’
“And the media was there —
KAMU-TV did a gorgeous job of tak
ing pictures of the kids. ”
The presentation took place
Wednesday night at the City Council
meeting. Murphy said the children
were very mature, despite the fact
they couldn’t wait to get their certifi
cates home to frame them.
Murphy was very pleased with the
way the project turned out. She said
she was satisfied that her students
had learned a lot from building the
cities, and said, “I was really sur
prised how much the community
picked up on it.”
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ito by Greet® -nines in this year’s Student Book
ollector’s Contest are expected to
Udiibit some tough competition for
ast ners.
Themes of winning entries last
jear included Tarzan, the Old Testa-
lenf, American prisoners of war in
jutheast Asia and prize-winning
estems.
"A well-organized collection will
in,” Charles Thurston, chairman of
e contest sponsored by Friends of
e Texas A&M Library, said. “Par-
Jularly one dealing with a certain
ithor, subject, or theme.”
The entries of the 33 finalists have
sen judged, and an awards cere-
ony is scheduled for 2 p.in. Friday
204C Sterling C. Evans Library
id is open to the public.
Ten $100, and two $25 awards are
'ailable as awards for the best col-
ctions, provided the judges — a
iiigazine editor, a print company
vner and a nuclear engineering
■ofessor — find the entries “up to
Huff.”
The awards ceremony will include
speech by Jack Maguire, executive
irectorofthe Institute of Texas Cul-
ires, entitled “Texas: Amazing but
rue.”
Thurston said the ceremony will
e the first time the winners hear
lout their awards.
It adds a little excitement,” he
lid.
The winning collections will be on
isplay in the display cases in the
brary for two weeks after the win-
ers have been announced.
Each finalist was required to sub-
iit a short statement describing the
rf )llection as a whole and an anno-
ited bibliography of 25 titles in the
illection.
Preliminary judging was based on
I le bibliographies, and final judging
iok place after the students brought
i their actual collections, which in
cluded all kinds of books — even
paperback 5 — to the library'.
“We try not to make a lot of rules, ”
Thurston said. “We don’t like to res
trict the judges.”
Generally though, the judges look
for “collections in which each title
relates to the collection as a whole;
where there is a coherent structure
to the organization of books. ”
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