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Let's start designing a house. Future architects create floor plans for a house given certain constraints. They calculate the area of each room in the house. This is the 11th lesson in a 15-part unit.
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Instructional Ideas
- If possible, have a high school computer-aided design class give a presentation
Classroom Considerations
- Activity requires 11" x 17" graph paper
- Learners must be able to calculate area
Pros
- Includes worksheets for each part of the lesson
- Younger children may have fun designing a dream house
Cons
- Diagrams are very basic and uninteresting