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=Designing for Passive Climate Control **by Lizlo Conner**=



This unit is designed to allow students the opportunity to apply the mathematical skills they have developed during their geometry and precalculus classes to a real world problem.

Students will be working in teams to create a vacation house for a vary demanding "client". They will research the principles of passive climate control and use the information they find to design a house that meets their client's needs and incorporates at least three passive climate control systems. They will use a variety of mathematical skills in preparing their design. Students will present the design to the client. The presentation will be accompanied by a document detailing their mathematical work, along with a model (physical or digital, or both) of the house they designed.

In completing this project, students will be showcasing their mathematical skills as well as their 21st century technology skills. || https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B85TutmFENbpQ21wMXZSTDVpNlE ||
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