Sticks+or+Stones

Roll 1: 4 Roll 2: 5 Roll 3: 4 Sticks or Stones? Area of Interaction: Environments Significant Concept: The environment that surrounds us influences the end result. Unit Question: How does the Environment change or shape you? Requirements:
 * Follow instructions given to create a practice house while learning Sketchup.
 * You will participate in a class activity to find your design specifications (type of house, location, etc).
 * Using those specifications, you will research the best design for your given situation.
 * Using Google SketchUp you are going to design a house to meet specific environmental requirements.

== Criterion A - Research and Analysis == As a class we will go through and learn the basics of Google Sketchup. In order to get full credit for Criterion A, you will need to follow instructions while creating the practice house.

Upload Practice House here.

We will do an activity as a class to determine the design specifications of your house. Location: Seattle Shape: Square Number of People: 5 people

Using the Internet, you are going to research your assigned location to determine if there are specific building requirements.

1. What material should be used in building your house? (ex. wood, brick, concrete) I'm going to use bricks because the climate in Seattle can be sometimes wet. I'm also going to use bricks because it gets   windy in Seattle sometimes. 2. Is there land available for a large home? Or does the location require a smaller house? The land requires a smaller house but it can be medium sized which was what I was planning to do.

3. Will you have a multi-level house? Yes my house will be two levels high so my family can fit.

4. What kind of roof will your house need? It need a slanted one because in Seattle it sometimes snows in the winter so the slanted roof won't cause the roof to collapse. == Criterion B - Design == Now that you have the specifications, you are going to use the Design Worksheet to create a blueprint of your house. You need to include front door, windows, bathrooms, kitchen, bedrooms, living room, and any other feature you are going to use in your design.

--Remember: You will need to justify any changes made to your design blueprint when you are designing your house.--

Must turn in your Design Blueprint worksheet to receive credit for Criterion B

Criterion C - Create  Your design/blueprint should be all complete and ready for you to create the Sketchup house to fit the plans.

For this house you are starting with a blank file and not using a previously built house. Here are the requirements that you should have in the house: --Walls --Windows --Doors --Bathroom --Kitchen --Bedroom(s) --Living Room/Family Room --Walls Painted --Some kind of flooring --Windows filled in (either transparent or with a window component) --Front Door component --Furniture in the entire house (as if a family could move in today) --Anything else you decided to include.

Once you have completed your Sketchup House, upload the file here.

Answer the following questions - 1. Does your house follow the design/blueprints? If not, what changes did you make and why? Yes mine does and I didn't have to change anything on it.

2. What did you like most about this project? (name at least one thing) One thing I like about this project is making the houses. Once you know how to do it, it's pretty easy.

3. What would you change about this project for the future? (name at least one thing) In the future, what I would change about this project is maybe making the houses a little bit smaller so we can fit it on our wikispace. Criterion D - Evaluate  1. How did the environment you were assigned (location, number of people, shape) affect the type of house you created? It affected how big I made the house because there are five people in my family. It affected what type of material it was made out of, so the roof didn't cave in on   the house when it rained. It also affected what the shape of the house was. This affected the house because it shows how many square miles the house takes up.

2. Would you have built a different house if those specifications hadn't been given to you? Why or Why Not? Maybe because the kind of house I got was a square shape so I might have made it a rectangle or some other shape.

Unit Questions -

3. How has your own personal environment shaped/changed you? (at least 3-4 complete sentences) It has change the way I think and act. If I lived in a different state or country, I don't think I would act the way I do right now. Living in Utah has changed the way I think about the weather. When I go to a state like California or Oregon, then it makes me feel really different because those places aren't a desert type area.

4. What can you do in your own environment to guarantee the future that you want? (2-3 complete sentences) We all can start by doing what is right and try and stop those people who think it's wrong. You can also go to school and do your homework when you get any. Doing this will almost guarantee the future that you want. The final thing that you could do is look at how your life is right now and think about how you can change it or if you like it just the way it is. Doing this can guarantee you your future.