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Cou= rse:  FLEX – Enrichment – Ei= ghth Grade – “House Design&= #8221;

 

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S= kills Focus

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E= ssential Questions & Enduring Understandings

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D= istrict/Building

R= esources

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P= ossible Lessons, Projects, Assessments

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A= ligned Illinois Learn= ing Standards, Performance Descriptors, & Assessment Frameworks

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I= nterdisciplinary Connections

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D= ifferentiation Suggestions

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H= ouse Design

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H= ouse Design is a unit from Interaction Publishers in which students, working as members of an architectural firm, apply their math skills, cooperation skills, and creativity to design a new house within a budget.  Students will work in pairs, bec= oming the architect and contractor for a pretend architectural firm.  Their job will be to design a ho= use that meets the needs and budget of a particular client family.   They will have to consider= the cost per square foot of the house, building codes, house designs, and the amount of mortgage the family can afford.

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&= #8220;House Design” curriculum materials from Interaction Publishers=

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C= hampaign Schools

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T= eachers Guide

F= inding Area

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D= rawing to Scale on Blueprints

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C= omparing costs of types of houses and determining affordable mortgages<= /span>

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C= reating a Client Profile

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M= aking Design Decisions on a budget and following building codes

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S= tate Goal 6.B.3a

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S= tate Goal 6.C.3b

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S= tate Goal 7.A.3b

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S= tate Goal 7.C.3a

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S= tate Goal 15.A.3c

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S= tate Goal 15.E.3b

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E= conomics

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M= athematical Computation

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G= eometry

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I= nclude the interior design portion of the simulation.

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L= imit the size of the house in total square footage.

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H= ave the teacher act as a lending institution and provide the mortgage and housing cost computations for each firm.