Tiny House PBL Q4

Introduction

In this webquest, students will design a tiny home. They will create a floor plan for their home, calculate the area and perimeter of each room and of the entire house. Then students will have to write a narrative listing to sell their tiny home to the highest bidder.

Task

To get ready for this special project, you and your partners must be sure that you have the skills you, the architects, will need. An understanding of area and perimeter is required. Once you show mastery through graph paper drawings, you will design and draw the floor plan for your dream house. Then you will determine how much flooring and fencing you will need for your home. Your final product will be a floor plan and a scale model of your creation.  You will also write a listing as if you were going to sell your home on the real estate market.

 

Easy Tiny House Floor Plan Software | Tiny House Floor Plan Designs

 

Process

Step 1: Learning Area and Perimeter

Read all directions before you click.

Go to Area and Perimeter site.

  1. Read everything CAREFULLY.
  2. Click and do 2 activities under each of the concepts of area and perimeter

Go to Perimeter Explorer

  1. Read everything CAREFULLY.
  2. Practice finding the perimeter of several figures.
  3. Copy your favorite figure on graph paper. Tell the perimeter of the figure.  Don't forget the units on each, and show all your work.

Go to Area Explorer.

  1. Read everything CAREFULLY.
  2. Practice finding the area of several figures.
  3. Copy your favorite figure on graph paper. Calculate the area and perimeter of the figure.  Don't forget the units on each, and show all your work.

 

Step 2: What does a floor plan look like?

  1. Visit ePlans to view at least two floor plans that are similar to your vision for your dream home. 
  2. Complete the 3-2-1.docx to analyze what you notice about the floor plans you've viewed.
    1. When you open this link, you must make a copy of the document first so that you don't write over others' work:
      1. Click File
      2. Click Make a Copy
      3. Change the name to "yournametinyhouse"
      4. Complete the form as stated

 

Step 3: Designing Your Dream Home

Group Activities:

  1. Using graph paper, draw out a floor plan that encompasses your groups' needs as well as common requirements of a home
    1. Your tiny house must have the following rooms
      1. Kitchen
      2. Bedroom
      3. Bathroom
      4. Living Room
  2. Create the floorplan of your home using this website
    1. Figure out the perimeter and area of each main room so you'll know how much flooring to buy.

Show those measurements in the drawing of the room.

Your home can not be bigger than 700 square feet.

 

Step 4: Build Your Dream Home

With Your Group:

Using the materials provided, you will utilize your floor plan and create a scale model of your tiny house. You need to include all outside walls as well as inside walls with doors and windows. 

You can also create or use furniture to show what your house would look like furnished. 

 

Step 5: How Did You Achieve Your Dream Home?

On you own:

  1. Write a listing that is going to help sell your tiny house for top dollar. Use vivid language, and make it interesting!
Evaluation

Use the rubric to make sure your project is going to get the best grade!

Your project will be graded on quality of work, the ability to work as a team, and your writing. 

Conclusion

Time to Show Your House Off!

 

Have your presentation ready for PBL Night to help sell your house- See if you can convince someone to buy your house.

Credits

WebQuest adapted from : https://www.createwebquest.com/webquest/tiny-home-project

(Some changes have been made to allow for students to access different materials than what was listed on the original webquest)