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House Insulation PoM-June-'15. How to isolate a house |
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 World of Work  Becoming a(n)... Building engineer, architect  Context House insulation Role architect Activity Students examine two different factors that might contribute to different energy consumption from house heating in two houses. Product A model of a good insulated house. |
Abstract House insulation and energy consumption from inadequate insulation are common issues in our societies. In this activity we ask students to examine two different factors that might contribute to different energy consumption from house heating in two houses that appear to be the same. Finally, based on the outcomes of the investigation we invite students to construct their own model of a house with good insulation and discuss practices that building engineers and architects use when they design houses: Using different materials to construct a house; Using different insulation techniques; Combination of the aforementioned. Documents Copyright/Creative Commons Mascil partner: CY  Materials are published under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.    |
Inquiry Learning teacher knows allInquiry Learning Dimensions - Exploring situations ✓ - Planning Investigations ✓ - Experimenting systematically - Interpreting and evaluating - Communicating results Discipline - Mathematics ✓ - Biology - Physics ✓ - Chemistry - Engineering Target group - Primary Education - Lower Secondary Education ✓ - Upper Secondary Education Age range 11-15 Duration 90 min. |
