Box City Festivals: Monona Terrace Green 2008


Terrace Town School Event February 29
Terrace Town Public Event March 1

NEW THIS YEAR: Sustainability Theme

The Players
1050 Dane County elementary and middle school students
49 teachers
12 schools from Madison, Middleton-Cross Plains, and Sun Prairie districts
23 Volunteer Mentors who are professionals in the fields of architecture and planning
Over 1200 people at the public event
20 Monona Terrace volunteers offering tireless support!

Five Teacher Workshops presented in partnership with Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
“What’s It Mean to be Green?”
“Building Green Buildings in Your Classroom”
“Great Neighborhoods: Teaching about Neighborhood Design”
“Smart Growth: Lessons for Community Planning”
“Internet Map Resources for Your Classroom”

Sponsors
Friends of Monona Terrace
Wisconsin Architects Foundation
American Planning Association, Wisconsin Chapter
Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center

What participants are saying...
“By all means participate! The connections to our standards our numerous. The relevance/authenticity is high. The ‘public performance’ aspect motivates incredible work. And-oh yes-it’s fun!”

“I have highly recommended Terrace Town to many teachers offering curriculum support materials. ...I think it is an excellent program”

“Fantastic method of teaching in a multiple intelligence way.”