UNIT 4B

4B Structures - Architectural Design

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Unit Overview Summary

General summary of unit:

• Students will be using the design process to construct a scale model of their dream home.

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Skills students need or will develop:

• Use the creative design process to plan and construct a scale model of their dream house.
• Consider and plan for design efficiency
• Create architectural drawings with accuracy and appropriate scale
• Measure with accuracy to the nearest 16th inch.
• Learn, use, and apply concepts related to architectural and construction vocabulary
• Iterate designs to improve structural integrity
• Consider design limitations
• Use technology ethically to solve a contextual problem
• Demonstrate the ability to use tools appropriately to complete a challenge

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Goals For A Final Project:

• You are planning to design and build the house of your dreams. You have found the perfect piece of property to build and now it is time to create a set of blueprints to give to the builder.

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Have you ever thought about your dream house? What would it look like?

UNIT 4B Structures-

Architecture Design

Big Question

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Quick Lesson Pages Links

Day 1

Time Lapse Home Construction

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Teacher Notes & Resources For Lesson:

• First lesson is a youtube video to watch of a house being built.
• All you need is the video and each student with a piece of paper and pencil
• This is to get students thinking about home construction

Potential Lesson Timers used for pacing

Materials Needed: Time Lapse Construction Video

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Lesson 1 Warm-Up

https://youtu.be/C3iI6S7TuCA

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As you watch, make a list of each step of the construction process.

Write down 2 questions you have about building a house.

Student Questions:

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Objectives & Success Criteria

• Consider and plan for design efficiency
• Learn, use, and apply concepts related to architectural and construction vocabulary
• Consider design limitations

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Student Resource: Architectural Vocab Worksheet Assignment

Students will complete the assignment above to familiarize themselves with Architectural Vocabulary.

Activity Slide (Make As Many Copies as necessary)

1. Contour Map
2. Plot
3. Excavation
4. Looks
5. One story
6. Storage
7. Blueprints
8. Service
9. Two story
10. Single wall
11. Service Panel
12. Elevation
13. Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
14. Span
15. Floor
16. Joists
17. Truss
18. Split Entry
19. Weather
20. Roofing

Using the list to the left, record a minimum of 10 words that you may not necessarily know the meaning of. Define each of the terms and provide a sketch that demonstrates your understanding of the term/concept. Assignment should be posted in Schoology

Student Response:

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What is the one term that you chose that was most interesting to you? Explain why it interested you the most?

Day 2

Architectural Styles and Designs

Teacher Notes & Resources For Lesson:

• Have students learn about Architectural Designs over different periods of history.
• Share Architecture powerpoint on schoology for students to have access.

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Potential Lesson Timers used for pacing

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Materials Needed: Powerpoint to review: Architecture

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Lesson 1 Starter Page

Do you know any interesting facts about Architecture before you were born? If so, explain what you know.

If not tell me something you have always wondered about Architecture.

For example: How were the pyramids created?

Objectives & Success Criteria

• Consider design limitations
• Learn, use, and apply concepts related to architectural and construction vocabulary
• Students will learn about different architectural eras in history

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Activity Slide (Make As Many Copies as necessary)

• Students will be able to learn about different Architectural Designs through ancient history.

Students should be split into groups for each era on the slideshow. Students in their groups will do a summary evaluation on the era they were assigned. After students have completed poster they can present their era to the class.

Architecture

Student Response:

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What is one other era you learned about? what Did you find to be most interesting about that era.

Day 3

Toothpick Tower EDP

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Objectives: Objectives are listed, but you may adjust accordingly. Objectives should utilize Blooms Taxonomy Wheel

Teacher Notes & Resources For Lesson: Students are going to begin the TOOTHPICK Tower project. This is a mini project to get the students thinking about constructing structures. It will also help them work on using the engineering design process.

Potential Lesson Timers used for pacing

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Materials Needed: Collapsible Tower, Collapsible Tower Design Process

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Lesson 1 Starter Page

Watch Video on leaning Tower of Pisa

How tall do you think you could build a tower before it goes past it’s tipping point?

Objectives & Success Criteria

• Students are going to use the engineering design process to successfully build a freestanding tower with limited materials
• Students will be able to work collaboratively to find a solution with the problem presented

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Activity Slide (Make As Many Copies as necessary)

Students should be able to complete Steps 1 through 4 on the 8 step design process assignment on Schoology : Design Process Worksheet

This is the 8 STEP Engineering Design Process. It’s a cycle that people use regularly to solve complex problems.

Collapsible Tower Project Overview (All information regarding the project included in this document) : Collapsible Tower

Student Response:

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How do you think you and your group are going to successfully build the tallest tower?

What different options have you guys discussed today?

Assessment Options Page

Day 4

Collapsable Tower EDP

CTE Lesson Starters (CTE Reference Page) - Note some pages may have multiple lesson starts for specifics days

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Objectives: Objectives are listed, but you may adjust accordingly. Objectives should utilize Blooms Taxonomy Wheel

Teacher Notes & Resources For Lesson:

• Today students will pick up where they left off yesterday. Students should be able to finish their technical drawing and start the build today. After completing the build students will need to be tested on their freestanding tower.

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Potential Lesson Timers used for pacing

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Materials Needed: Collapsible Tower, Collapsible Tower Design Process

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Lesson 1 Starter Page

How confident are you today that you and your group are going to build the tallest tower?

Objectives & Success Criteria

• Students are going to use the engineering design process to successfully build a freestanding tower with limited materials
• Students will be able to work collaboratively to find a solution with the problem presented

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Activity Slide (Make As Many Copies as necessary)

Let's pick up where you left off yesterday.

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Objectives for the Day:

Steps 4-8

Make sure to collaborate with each group member and everyone agrees on the final Tower

Student Response:

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How did you think you did on the toothpick tower project? What is something you would change about your tower to improve it for the future?

Assessment Options Page

Day 5

Roof Styles and Designs

CTE Lesson Starters (CTE Reference Page) - Note some pages may have multiple lesson starts for specifics days

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Objectives: Objectives are listed, but you may adjust accordingly. Objectives should utilize Blooms Taxonomy Wheel

Teacher Notes & Resources For Lesson:

• Students will begin to think about different types of roofing styles.

Potential Lesson Timers used for pacing

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Materials Needed: Roof Designs, Roof Designs Assignment

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Lesson 1 Starter Page

What type of roof do you have on your house? Do you know what the different types of roofs their are?

Have you ever thought of the factors that go into the different types of roofs on each building?

Objectives & Success Criteria

• Consider and plan for design efficiency
• Create architectural drawings with accuracy and appropriate scale
• Measure with accuracy to the nearest 16th inch.
• Learn, use, and apply concepts related to architectural and construction vocabulary
• Iterate designs to improve structural integrity
• Consider design limitations

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Activity Slide (Make As Many Copies as necessary)

Roof Designs

Students should have 10 minutes to explore the 28 roof top designs on the website.

Students will then work on the Roof Design Assignment. For the rest of class. Assignment should be submitted on schoology upon completion.

Student Response:

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Out of the 10 Roof Designs you chose what is the one you want to have on your dream home?

Day 6

The Design of "Your Place" Scholastic Futures Publishing

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CTE Lesson Starters (CTE Reference Page) - Note some pages may have multiple lesson starts for specifics days

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Objectives: Objectives are listed, but you may adjust accordingly. Objectives should utilize Blooms Taxonomy Wheel

Teacher Notes & Resources For Lesson: (Links for Student Facing Schoology Assignments)

• This is the beginning stage of when students will begin to think about their own floor plan they will create. This website is going to give a great feel for the students on what is going to be expected for them to draw for their own floor plan.

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Potential Lesson Timers used for pacing

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Materials Needed: Floor Planner Website , Good and Bad Features

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Lesson 1 Starter Page

Should You Be an Architect?

Objectives & Success Criteria

• You along with your instructor will be exploring new ideas and learning as you PLAN YOUR HOME. (Use Google Login) You will want to make sure that you fully understand each of the concepts as you work, and be SURE to ask quality questions along the way. This will provide you with a great deal of useful information to support your overall project.
• Contour Maps
• Plot Planning
• Basic Floor Planning
• Room Design
• Symbols for architecture
• Floor Plans
• Parts of a House
• Roof Styles

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Activity Slide (Make As Many Copies as necessary)

Now it is time for you to start creating your own floor plan! Take 10 Minutes to explore the Floor Plan Website (Make sure to use Google Login)

After you have finished exploring the website, you should take the next 30 minutes in constructing your own Floor plan for your dream home.

YOU'LL BE LEARNING:

• Contour Maps
• Plot Planning
• Basic Floor Planning
• Room Design
• Symbols for architecture
• Floor Plans
• Parts of a House
• Roof Styles

Online Stopwatch!!!!

Student Response:

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What was your favorite part of designing your dream floor plan?

Day 7

Dream Home Plan Begins

CTE Lesson Starters (CTE Reference Page) - Note some pages may have multiple lesson starts for specifics days

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Objectives: Objectives are listed, but you may adjust accordingly. Objectives should utilize Blooms Taxonomy Wheel

Teacher Notes & Resources For Lesson:

• This is now the beginning of the final project of this unit. Students will be tasked with building their dream home out of classroom materials. Students will need to complete and in depth technical drawing before building the physical structure.
• Share Dream Home Plan slideshow with students so they can submit for a grade. Have students answer questions on the slideshow.

Potential Lesson Timers used for pacing

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Materials Needed: Dream Home Plan

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Lesson 1 Starter Page

Now that you have learned different aspects of home building. What is one thing you specifically are going to add to your dream home plan project?

Objectives & Success Criteria

• To design and build a single story two-bedroom house

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Your goal is to design, in teams of two, a single story 2 -bedroom house that must include the following rooms

• Min 2 bedrooms
• 1 full bath
• Bedrooms and Baths must have a door
• Kitchen and Dining area
• Dining Room
• Window in all exterior rooms
• 2 Exterior doors
• You may add other features as well, but keep in mind your space is limited.

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You are planning to design and build the house of your dreams. Furthermore, you have found the perfect piece of property to build, and now it is time to create a set of blueprints to give to the builder.

• Your house must have a floor plan with a minimum square foot area =1000 sq.ft. and a maximum of 2500 sq. ft.
• Your plans must be drawn to scale. 1/4" or one block is equal to 1 foot (12 inches)
• Your house must have the following:

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Activity Slide (Make As Many Copies as necessary)

Students will begin to start the dream home project.

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Objectives for the day:

• Slides 1-8
• Students will begin to brainstorm ideas for their dream home
• Take into consideration after research on different sizes of rooms for homes
• Cover window and door graphics for their home plan

Student Response:

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Drawing activity for EXIT TICKET!

Briefly sketch how doors and windows should look on a floor plan for your home sketch

Day 8

Build Continues

CTE Lesson Starters (CTE Reference Page) - Note some pages may have multiple lesson starts for specifics days

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Objectives: Objectives are listed, but you may adjust accordingly. Objectives should utilize Blooms Taxonomy Wheel

Teacher Notes & Resources For Lesson:

• Students will be tasked with building their dream home out of classroom materials. Students will need to complete and in depth technical drawing before building the physical structure.
• Share Dream Home Plan slideshow with students so they can submit for a grade. Have students answer questions on the slideshow.
• The key for today will be to begin students technical drawings for their floor plan

Potential Lesson Timers used for pacing

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Materials Needed: Dream Home Plan

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Lesson 1 Starter Page

Technical Drawing DAYYYY!!!

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List the key aspects that are expected of a technical drawings. What materials will be needed in order to complete your dream home floor plan.

(Make sure to review as a class what is expected of a technical drawing)

Objectives & Success Criteria

• To design and build a single story two-bedroom house

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Your goal is to design, in teams of two, a single story 2 -bedroom house that must include the following rooms

• Min 2 bedrooms
• 1 full bath
• Bedrooms and Baths must have a door
• Kitchen and Dining area
• Dining Room
• Window in all exterior rooms
• 2 Exterior doors
• You may add other features as well, but keep in mind your space is limited.

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Today students should be able to complete:

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Slides 9-15

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Activity Slide (Make As Many Copies as necessary)

1. Exploring House Plans!
1. AdvancedHousePlans
2. HousePlans.com
3. ArchitecturalDesigns

2. A sample template with examples of furniture

Student Resource Links that will be viewed today:

Students will be completing Slides 9-15. Make sure to ask questions and for help if needed. We will begin to build our dream house soon!

Student Response:

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Sketch out one piece of furniture you need to add to your floor plan drawing.

Day 9

Build Continues

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Objectives: Objectives are listed, but you may adjust accordingly. Objectives should utilize Blooms Taxonomy Wheel

Teacher Notes & Resources For Lesson:

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Potential Lesson Timers used for pacing

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Materials Needed: Floor Plan Examples, Dream Home Plan

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Lesson 1 Starter Page

The begin is around the corner for our final project, what materials are you going to want to use to build your dream home plan?

Objectives & Success Criteria

• To design and build a single story two-bedroom house

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Your goal is to design, in teams of two, a single story 2 -bedroom house that must include the following rooms

• Min 2 bedrooms
• 1 full bath
• Bedrooms and Baths must have a door
• Kitchen and Dining area
• Dining Room
• Window in all exterior rooms
• 2 Exterior doors
• You may add other features as well, but keep in mind your space is limited.

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Today students should be able to complete:

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Final steps of the project:

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• Students will have completed slides 1-19
• Upon completion students will begin build of the house
• Resources included for students build: Toothpick, Cardboard, Balsa Wood, Hot Glue Guns, Scissors, Exacto Knife, Paper, Color Markers

Student Response:

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Have you completely finished all of the home plan? How would you rate your dream home?

Day 10

Evaluate and Present Builds

CTE Lesson Starters (CTE Reference Page) - Note some pages may have multiple lesson starts for specifics days

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Objectives: Objectives are listed, but you may adjust accordingly. Objectives should utilize Blooms Taxonomy Wheel

Teacher Notes & Resources For Lesson: (Links for Student Facing Schoology Assignments)

• Students will be able to present builds with other groups and discuss their home builds
• This is a great opportunity to understand each students project upon completion for both students and the teacher

Potential Lesson Timers used for pacing

Teacher Page: NOT SHARED WITH STUDENTS

Materials Needed: Dream Home Plan

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Lesson 1 Starter Page

SHOW AND TELL DAY!!!!

With your partners go get your house prepared so that you can present your build for a show and tell around the room with your classmates.

Objectives & Success Criteria

• To design and build a single story two-bedroom house

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Your goal is to design, in teams of two, a single story 2 -bedroom house that must include the following rooms

• Min 2 bedrooms
• 1 full bath
• Bedrooms and Baths must have a door
• Kitchen and Dining area
• Dining Room
• Window in all exterior rooms
• 2 Exterior doors
• You may add other features as well, but keep in mind your space is limited.

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Today students should be able to complete:

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Activity Slide (Make As Many Copies as necessary)

Students will set up their homes around the classroom. After setups it will be a show and tell where students can rome the classroom to view other students home.

Students are urged to ask questions and make positive comments about other homes.

Student Response:

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What is one thing you noticed from another build today?