This lesson/project idea can start with a look at house design -
estate agents' schedules might be good starting point (from inner
city terraced/tenements to suburban bungalows, detached and
semi-detached houses, and modern flats/apartments). Science, Maths
and Technology can look at present day needs and desires (e.g.
energy conservation, building materials, insulation, costs).
Applying this knowledge in a real life context, young people can
work in teams to a given brief: design a house, build a model,
estimate a price, and 'sell' it through a (simulated 'estate
agent'), competing against other teams for most popular house
design, if desired. Art & Design could be involved in interior
design.
Broad Outcomes of learning
• Subject knowledge gained and enhanced e.g. awareness of the
housing market, ICT skills - house design
• Enterprising skills improved by developing creativity,
confidence, self awareness, positive attitude; increasing
motivation to learning; consideration of others through group work
and discussion; raising achievement and fostering ambition
• Developed employability skills: planning, organisation,
co-operating, contributing, analysing, reporting, presenting,
marketing, etc
• Learners are encouraged to take responsibility for their learning
through making decisions independently
• Learners have developed enterprising skills identified as 4
capacities of CfE
Relevance to curriculum
• Supports CfE technology
• Relevance of how curriculum topic on structures is relevant to
work and life and how this subject knowledge is put into practice
in a real situation
This lesson/project idea can start with a look at house design -
estate agents' schedules might be good starting point (from inner
city terraced/tenements to suburban bungalows, detached and
semi-detached houses, and modern flats/apartments). Science, Maths
and Technology can look at present day needs and desires (e.g.
energy conservation, building materials, insulation, costs).
Applying this knowledge in a real life context, young people can
work in teams to a given brief: design a house, build a model,
estimate a price, and 'sell' it through a (simulated 'estate
agent'), competing against other teams for most popular house
design, if desired. Art & Design could be involved in interior
design.
Broad Outcomes of learning
- Subject knowledge gained and enhanced e.g. awareness of the
housing market, ICT skills - house design
- Enterprising skills improved by developing creativity,
confidence, self awareness, positive attitude; increasing
motivation to learning; consideration of others through group work
and discussion; raising achievement and fostering ambition
- Developed employability skills: planning, organisation,
co-operating, contributing, analysing, reporting, presenting,
marketing, etc
- Learners are encouraged to take responsibility for their
learning through making decisions independently
- Learners have developed enterprising skills identified as 4
capacities of CfE
Relevance to curriculum
- Supports CfE technology
- Relevance of how curriculum topic on structures is relevant to
work and life and how this subject knowledge is put into practice
in a real situation