M1+Cribs

toc =** Links **=
 * Investigate **
 * Design **
 * Plan **
 * Create **
 * Evaluate **

=** Context **= Houses around the world are different depending on their residents requirements. If you live in a hot environment, you want your house to stay cool and if you live in a cold place you want your home to stay warm. People also adapt their homes to natural disasters - for example building them on higher ground to keep safe in flooding or from materials that can withstand fires in dry, hot areas. These factors are combined with cultural influences and personal preference to create individual, attractive homes.

You need to design, plan and create a dream house design. This needs to be adapted/modified to suit the environment you have chosen to locate it in. You will need to consider what it will look like, how it will be organised and what environmental conditions affect the house, for example if it is built somewhere there are natural disasters, will it be safe? If it is in a hot place how will you keep it cool? The house design needs to be clear, attractive and detailed as well as finished on time.
 * Challenge **

=** Area of Interaction **= Environments - we are considering how we adapt our housing to meet the needs of our environment.

=** Learner Profile focus **= Our learner profile focus for this unit is ‘Inquirer’. Add a sentence below to show how you feel you will be an inquirer in this unit.

=** Inter-disciplinary Links **= This does not link to other classes but it will use your geographic and earth science skills from humanities classes and science.

= ** Unit Handbook ** = The unit handbook is below, feel free to print it out if you require.