Posts Tagged ‘ Housing ’

Window Treatments

Window Treatment Project

This lesson teaches the basics parts of a window, window treatments and how to measure for window treatments. It also allows students to physically "make" small versions of different window treatments. These projects make great display pieces for your department's display case or open house!

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Housing of the Future: Tin Can Houses

Housing of the Future: Tin Can Houses

This activity helps students to get in the mind set of interior and architectural design. Aleksandr Mergold and Jason Austin architects from Pennsylvania have come up with the innovative idea of making pre-fabricated housing using farm grain dryers. This housing challenge provokes students to design innovate housing using tin cans.

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April’s FACS Teacher of the Month: Lindsey Lewis

April’s FACS Teacher of the Month: Lindsey Lewis

This month’s Family and Consumer Science Teacher of the Month is Lindsey Lewis FACS teacher and Electives Department Head at Captain Shreve High School in Shreveport, Louisiana.

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Interior Design PowerPoints, Worksheets & Links

Interior Design PowerPoints, Worksheets & Links

Lesson Plans Recycled Picture Frames (Word) Designer’s Challenge (Word) Color Wheel Lesson Plan (Word) Redesign My Street Versatile Furniture Seating Device Design Chairs, Chairs, Everywhere… Learning in Comfort Worksheets Art Inspired Design (Word) Housing Design Magazine Project (Word) Projects Home Design Final Project (Word) Rubric included ———————————————————————————-

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Choosing a Place to Live

This is an innovative real life problem solving lesson on choosing a place to live. I came up with it when I was student teaching and was myself in search of a job and place to live. So, I had my students use my scenario to find me a place to live. I gave...

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