House Design

The students are getting quite far on their house design problem.  This has been a great way for them to work on the skills of perimeter and area.  Some students have added on to their additional properties quite a bit.  They have to know the perimeter and area of each building, etc. that they put onto their property.  The table below is from Allie's math calculations on her house.

Designing a House

House Building

In this project you will be creating a floor plan for a house.  There will be certain tasks that you have to complete.  I will be giving you specific rules to follow too.  You will be using grid paper.  Each cm on the grid paper will be = to 1 foot.  Good luck!

1. Watch the video above.
2. You will be creating a house out of a shipping container.  A shipping container is 48 feet long and 9 feet wide.  Figure out the total area and total perimeter of your shipping container.  The area is 432 feet the perimeter is 114 feet Use this to sketch the perimeter or outside of your house.
3. Before you start drawing, complete the math and plan it out.  Below are some of the criteria.  You need to follow it precisely. Use a table to record your information.
4. Your house needs a kitchen, living room, bedroom and bathroom.  Be creative, but each room needs to be rectangular in shape.

Room	Length	With	Primeter	Area
Bathroom	9 feet	9 feet	36 feet	81 square feet
Living room	10	8	36	80 square feet
Kitchen	15	7	44	105 square feet
Bedroom	12	9	42	108 square feet

Garage

20

20

80

400 square feet

Pool	18	14
Dog house
Camping Area
Garden
Fish Pond
Driveway

5. Create a table to share your information about each room. Include the perimeter, area, width and length for each of your rooms.
6. Create a garage for your property.  Research the average size garage.  Also, place you house on a property.  Figure out the perimeter and area of your yard.  
7. Write a short paragraph explaining your house and how you created it.  Share your thinking.