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Students are introduced to green siding options and discover the variety of siding options and how certain siding choices are considered green. In this green siding options lesson, students install siding to sheathing. Students review the fundamentals of building construction and discover the skill of exterior sheathing.
Apply geometric properties and formulae for surface area and volume by constructing a three-dimensional model of a city. Learners use similar and congruent figures and transformations to create a city of at least 10 buildings. They trade with classmates, who calculate surface area and volume of some of the structures. Refers to a Discovery Education video/DVD to support and enrich the project; a link takes you to a website to order it. Charts mentioned are not attached.
Students examine an area of land and assess its suitability for construction purposes. This project requires a vast amount of hands-on experimentation, data analysis, community involvement, and job shadowing/career awareness.
Pupils study the law of sine and cosine. In this pre-calculus lesson, students create a triangle and identify the different ratios of a non-right triangle. They use the properties of sine and cosine to solve.
Students explore the concept of law of sines and cosines. In this law of sines and cosines lesson plan, students construct a triangle tool from card stock and markers. Students use their triangle tool to aid in solving problems involving law of sines and law of cosines.
Students examine the causes of tsunamis and observe a table top wave making machine. They make model houses while working in groups so that the can see how different construction types work. They discuss how engineers can design and construct buildings that are resistant to the destructive waves using available material.
Learners investigate different types of building structures and how they are able to stand up to earthquakes. Through comparison they determine which buildings are better able to handle earthquakes than others. They create a building, based on specific parameters, out of material assigned to them.
Students experiment with the construction of shelters and the various types of architectural designs. In this shelters lesson, students draw the building they live in. Students compare and contrast buildings made today and made 150 years ago. Students recognize that individual rooms in shelters have changed.
Learners explore the process of building. In this early childhood art lesson plan, students read a book pertaining to construction, discuss the workers needed to build buildings, and develop a chart to summarize the stages of construction.
Students investigate construction. In this eleventh and twelfth grade mathematics/building construction instructional activity, students calculate the cost of materials needed to construct a roof for a single family residential structure.