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