Lesson Plan: Architectural Design

Grade level: Eight

 

Outcomes

Industrial Arts

- Students will be able to understand the basics of architectural design.

Technology:

Students will:

use graphics program to manipulate geometric shapes to help discover their properties and relationships D8
• create an object D8.1
• duplicate an object D8.2
• move and resize an object D8.3
• add pattern and colour using an area fill tool D8.4
• rearrange the orientation of an object on the screen using the commands rotate, flip
horizontally, and flip vertically D8.5
• demonstrate the layering components in a graphics program D8.6

 

Created by: Melanie Harris and the Technology Teachers WorkGroup
Last Updated: March 23, 2005

Activity

In this activity students will use AppleWorks to design the floor plan of a house. 

 

Resources


A. On paper or using AppleWorks, design a floor plan of the student’s own house

B. Using AppleWorks, design a dream house floor plan


Mini-Lesson: -Students should be aware that they will need to include the main living necessities, such as a kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and main living area.

Software: AppleWorks
Sample AppleWorks Files

Supplementary Journey On Lesson Plan entitled:

Floor Plan