making a sustainable house model
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Presentation explaining how to make a basic 3D model of a house to add sustainable designs for a house that can cope with a cold climateTRANSCRIPT
Making a sustainable houseCoping with a colder climate
Year 7 Hums+ Dangerous World
Abbeyfield School – Humanities
http://abbeyfieldhumanities.blogspot.com
Features of a sustainable home for a cold climate
• Thick insulation
• Solar panels for electricity and heating
• Rain water capture for flushing toilets
• Large windows for natural light
• Wind turbine as renewable energy source
The walls, roof and floors
• Mark out 8 squares – all the same size
• 18cm x 18cm works well
• Carefully cut them out
18cm
18cm
Supporting the first floor
• Mark and cut out two strips of card (15cm long and 5cm wide)
• Fold them in half lengthways
• Place them on two of the pieces of card you cut out for the walls (make sure they are half way up the wall – 9cm)
5cm
15cm
9cm
Supporting the first floor
• Using masking tape, stick them down
Attaching the walls
• Stick one piece of blank card to one of the walls you added the support to
• Repeat this on the other side to make the back and side walls
Attaching the floors
• Turn your box over and attach another piece of card to make the floor
• Turn your box back over
• Slide in another piece of card onto your supports to make the first floor
Ceiling and roof
• Now add the first floor ceiling by sticking another piece of card to the top of the box
• Take your last two piece of card and stick them together using the masking tape
Your completed basic house
• Stick on the roof using two piece of masking tape
• Congratulations!You now have your basic house
Showing your sustainable house ideas
• Glue your house onto the middle of a piece of card
• Now add your ideas to the model to make it into a house that can cope with a cold climate
How could you show insulation, solar panels, wind turbine etc? Have a go at making additions for your house
• Describe and explain your ideas on the card you have stuck the house on
Your house
Card base