M1+Cribs+Investigate

toc =** Introduction: Cribs **=

=** Dream houses **= Use an internet search to find pictures of your dream home. Add these to a publisher document. []

= = =** Environments Research **= Once you have decided on the location for your dream house, you need to find out about the environment there. Perhaps you need to find information from people, books or the internet. Do you know if there are natural disasters there and what the climate (temperature, weather) is like? Climate links = = Now find out how houses are adapted in that country / region (area) to be suitable for the climate. Add pictures of these adaptations to your publisher document with labels.

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=** Dream house planning **= Work in pairs or individually to make a venn diagram to explore possible design ideas for your dream house. Draw two circles that overlap. In one side add the pictres of ideal houses. In the other side add examples of features that fit your environment. Put examples that meet both parts in the centre.

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=** Design Specification **= Once you have completed your research, use what you have found and the information from the context and challenge or write your design specification.

=** Sketchup **= Play with sketch up and see if you can do the things you want for your house. Download sketchup here: Sketchup download make sure you choose educational use.

=** Assessment Criteria **= You will not be assessed on this criteria.