Design a Sustainable Eco-House (Environmental Science)
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In the Eco-House Extravaganza project, students work in teams to complete the ultimate project-based learning STEM experience: planning and designing an energy-efficient, eco-friendly house in the U.S. city of their choice. This product includes planning sheets and suggested resources for lessons as well as an interactive game-like planning tool that can help students “research” and develop ideas for design solutions while working within constraints such as budgeting.
- Project-based learning
- Real-world solutions provided by a sustainable building engineer
- Gameboard and cards promote debate and a deeper understanding of concepts
- Discuss technologies such as solar panels, wind energy, hydroponics, and more!
- Editable Teacher Slides and Student handouts
Sustainable Eco-House Project Overview
Students learn about current examples and types of technology used to build sustainable homes. Students then form teams and complete the Eco-House Planning Game to determine the best solutions for a sustainable house. Gamecards include pros and cons, power, cost, and happiness levels that have been developed with input from a sustainable building engineer to ensure accuracy and reflection of real-world solutions.
Gamecards promote great discussions among students as they weigh the different options! After playing the game, teams will use the selected solutions to plan a layout for their sustainable home. Educators may take this project a step further by providing students with materials to build the final house design and present solutions. Below are the different areas that teams will explore in planning a sustainable house. Solutions selected based on budget, power, and happiness tracking:
- Location in US
- Food
- Energy
- Water
- Insulation
- Heating
- Entertainment
- Sleeping
- Bathrooms
5E Science Unit:
- Engage - Identify the Problem (Session 1)
- Explore - Brainstorm Solutions and Planning Game (Session 2 - 3)
- Explain - Design Eco-House (Session 4 - 5)
- Elaborate - Modify & Build Colony Model (Session 6 - 7+)
- Evaluate - Present Design and Reflect (Session 8)
Lesson Includes:
- Detailed teacher guide with links to resources
- Editable Teacher Instruction Slides
- Eco-House Planning Game boards (with instructions to print on regular 8.5 x 11 paper or poster size)
- Game Cards with real technologies reviewed by experts
- Student Handouts
- Engineering Design Process posters
- Rubric
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