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    • Teacher Resources
    • My Teaching History
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      • Gallery of Homes
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    • Dual Credit
    • Architecture 2022
    • Photography 2022
    • Yearbook 2022
  • Interests
    • I-Phone Photo Page
    • Samsung 5s
    • Remodel-Details
    • Travel
    • Old Shoes
  • Blog
  • Teaching not like Construction
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  • Flood
JOHN'S LEARNING SITE

how to build your own house

There is some of the same fitness in a man's building his own house that there is in a bird's building its own nest. Henry David Thoreau
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Guiding Questions:
  • What motivates us to have shelter?
  • What physics and math do we grow to respect?
  • What is the building process and how can I learn more about it?
Mason County BUilding Permit
Footing
Rebar
Foundation & walls
Foundation Page
House time lapse
Tiny House Costs/Issues
Tiny House pros & cons
Roof Types
Router cut windows
Dick Proenneke
Thoreau mini house
Picture
No Building Permit
Permit Checklist
Creative workers
Framing Page
Permit Application
$28.12 1/2
Rebar Bender
Sample Competencies:
  • Personal Qualities: Can I plan and produce evidence of learning?
  • Social Responsibilities: explore the psychology of human behavior.
  • Communication: comprehend, analyze and synthesize text.
  • Design Process: make observations, collect, analyze and present data.
  • Design Application: Creatively apply mathematical skills to real-world situations.

Project Ideas  (to be added to in class): create a model of a basic house, build a poster, create a house plan, research getting a building permit, research a specific construction project like building a deck, visit a building department and create video or slide show, research and present info on apprenticeship in trades, tiny house project.

Projected Time Line .    Red indicates due dates
Day 1 .    Introduction & overview:  What tools do we need?.  April 1, Monday
                What about land? When will you build?
Day 2.     Roof rafter, window trim. April 3 Wednesday
               
    
Day 3.     Roof Lookouts  April 5, Friday
                
Day 4.    Roofing.   April 8, Monday
 Project defined plus initial research started.  Learning Plan includes: (Your guiding question--what you are trying to  discover,  what competencies you will be mastering, resources that  can help you, resources you might need, help you may require.)
Day 5.     Siding   April 10, Wednesday
Day 6      Plumbing    April 12, Fiday
Day 7 .    Plumb/Wiring  April 22, Monday
Day 8 .   Wiring   April 24, Wednesday  
Day 9     Sheetrock    April 26 Friday 
Day 10   Cabinets & Trim.  Monday, Aopril 27
Day 11 .   Exhibition & Reflection
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Project ideas
Proposal Template
Proposal Doc
Project Process pdf
Portfolio Presentation Schedule

  •  Practice Presentations
  •  Exhibition Day 1
  • ​ Reflection/wrap up
Presentation Guidelines
  • Intro Slide
  • Learning Journey slides (2-5)
  • Conclusion Slide

Vocabulary Terms:
Plan
Permit
Building Code
Plot Plan
Floor Plan
Elevations
Layout
Rebar
Footing
Slab
Layout
Framing
Stud
King Stud
Header
Joist
Rafter
Wet Wall
Vapor Barrier
Moisture Barrier
​Blower Door Test
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