Engineering Lesson
180 minutes (4 45-minute classes)
Lesson Time:
The purpose of Lesson 12 is a summative assessment for the unit to synthesize ideas across building designs to design and build a green learning space. Students design a final learning space using all the energy and energy transfer ideas from the unit to achieve a design that is both energy-efficient and within the project constraints.
What will we do?
Review the ideas we’ve developed in the unit using our Design Notebooks.
Work towards a consensus design, test it using a digital simulation, and then iterate on the design to make improvements.
Communicate with others about our design.
Materials needed
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Advance preparation
Preview slides and teacher guide.
Order or gather cardstock or other material for house build
Gather scissors, tape, markers, crayons, and/or colored pencils
Print handouts.
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