Students construct a thriving city by strategically placing buildings on a grid. The goal is to maximize space and resources while creating an efficient and well-organized city layout.

• Grade Levels: grades 1+
• Skills Developed: estimation, spatial reasoning, timing, and strategic thinking
• Standards Addressed:
  Common Core Mathematical Practice - make sense of problems and persevere in solving them by planning the placement of buildings and adjusting strategies
  
• Classroom Use:
  Reflection Activity - students reflect on their strategies and consider how they could have improved after each attempt
  Brain Break - students engage in a mentally stimulating challenge that allows them to step away from traditional academic tasks while practicing strategic thinking and problem solving