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Housing Project
Find everything you need for a two-week home construction simulation project for your high school economics class. They come up with the plans for a custom home including the cost per square foot, interest rate, mortgage term, down...
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Bedroom Floor Plan
Students discover how floor plans for houses, specifically, bedrooms are made. In groups, they compare the characteristics of floor plans and zoning ordinances in order to meet the needs of those using it. To end the instructional...
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Floor Polish Experiments
Students compare various brands of floor polishes and test their durability and appearance. In this floor polish lesson students test different polishes and check performance.
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Client Profiles
Students in an interior design class read over pretend client profiles. In groups, they use the profiles to design a floor plan for their new house. To end the lesson, they present the floor plan to the class and ask for feedback on...
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Senses, Spaces And Structure
Students develop greater ease with their bodies and their personal environments.
They extend body space into its immediate architectural boundaries and draw a simple yet detailed floor plan of a physical space or structure (bedroom,...
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Lighting
Students participate in a lecture in which they are introduced to the different types of lighting and lighting fixtures. Individually, they are given a floor plan of a house and create a lighting plan for it by placing symbols for each...
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Then and Now
Students explore population and come to understand how it changes over time. In this census lesson, students discover what population is and how it changes as they participate in age-appropriate activities.
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Spook Walk
Students work together with a partner in which they blindfold. With their partner, they must communicate directions to them that allows them to make it across the spook walk. To end the lesson, they discuss the communication skills they...
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Can The Radon Problem Be Fixed?
Pupils develop their own solutions to the problem of radon. They share their solutions with the class and if possible carried out. They identify the health issues related to radon.
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Harve and Ester's Tree Company
Students examine the role of trees in their lives. They identify products that come from trees and their uses. They are read a book about trees as well.