Using Area and Perimeter
to Design a Fun House
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Introduction | Task | Process|
Resources | Evaluation|
Conclusion
Introduction:
Congratulations! You have been selected to design a
get-away house for you and a friend.
The Task:
To get ready for this special assignment, you and your partner
must be sure
that you have the skills that you, the architects, will need. A solid
understanding of area and perimeter is required. Once you show mastery through
graph paper drawings, you will design and draw the floor plan for a small house.
Then you will determine how much carpet you will need in two rooms and how much
fencing you will need to go around your yard to make sure your dog doesn't get away while you are at
school. Your final product will be a floor plan and a drawing of how your house will look from the front.
The Process:
At the computer:
Read all directions before you click.
Go to Area
Explorer.
- Read everything CAREFULLY.
- Practice finding the area of several figures.
- Copy your favorite figure on graph paper. Tell the area and
perimeter of the figure. Don't forget the units on each.
Go to Perimeter
Explorer
- Read everything CAREFULLY.
- Practice finding the area of several figures.
- Copy your favorite figure on graph paper. Tell the area and
perimeter of the figure. Don't forget the units on each.
As a final review, go to Math
Goodies - Perimeter.
- Read carefully and do exercises 1-3. (You may need to
draw them on graph paper.)
- Print page 2 to show your teacher the work sheet.
Now try Math Goodies - Area.
- Read carefully and do exercises 1-3. (You may need to
draw them on graph paper.)
- Print page 2 to show your teacher the work sheet.
Congratulations! You are now a Licensed Fun
House Architect!
At home
- Measure the length and width of your
bedroom and one other room in feet so that you will know what a normal room
size is. The rooms you draw will be smaller.
In the classroom:
With your partner:
- Compare the measurements you gathered at home.
- Draw a house on 1cm graph paper.
Your house must have at least three rooms and a perimeter of at least 120
feet.
- Figure out how many square feet of carpet you will need for
2 rooms.
Show those measurements in the drawing of the room.
- Draw the fence around the yard.
How much fencing will you need? Include the unit.
- Draw the front view of your house.
Resources:
Area
Explorer
Perimeter
Explorer
Math
Goodies - Perimeter.
Math Goodies - Area.
Evaluation:
Successful completion of all items on the check sheet
will be used to evaluate this project.
Conclusion:
CONGRATULATIONS again! You have used your knowledge of
measurement, area and perimeter to design a house. You have also used your
artistic ability to share it with your classmates. Who knows? This may be
the beginning of a new career.
Created and designed by Jean
Moxley , Alamance Elementary, Guilford County Schools.