Description
Encourage creative problem-solving as students design a small but practical home. They’ll create a floor plan, add space-saving features, and make it livable.
The resource includes:
- A clearly defined task
- Four simple, achievable success criteria to guide learning
- Step-by-step sections that break the task down into manageable chunks
- Opportunity for self-reflection during and after the project
PLEASE NOTE: This is not a lesson plan. It is a graphic organiser made to support learning new concepts in STEM which are currently being taught, and does not contain the content of these concepts. This is so teachers can use it flexibly with their own teaching content and terminology.
Students can use this planning guide as they research tiny house designs and their space-saving solutions, plan their own tiny house blueprint, create a model or final blueprint of their tiny house and invite "visitors" (friends and/or family) to view it. Teachers can simply print the 3-page guide for each student, and then choose to break down the lessons following the step-by-step sections (e.g. the first lesson is Step 1: Discover), or leave more capable students to their own pace and devices using the guide.
The task and success criteria promote functionality, creativity, and design skills. Teachers can assess spatial awareness, originality, and practical thinking.
Easily printable in black and white, this resource suits design technology, architecture, or mathematics units.
Copyright © 2025 by Ready Teach Learn
All rights reserved by author.
Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.
Not for public display.
Highlights
Description
Encourage creative problem-solving as students design a small but practical home. They’ll create a floor plan, add space-saving features, and make it livable.
The resource includes:
- A clearly defined task
- Four simple, achievable success criteria to guide learning
- Step-by-step sections that break the task down into manageable chunks
- Opportunity for self-reflection during and after the project
PLEASE NOTE: This is not a lesson plan. It is a graphic organiser made to support learning new concepts in STEM which are currently being taught, and does not contain the content of these concepts. This is so teachers can use it flexibly with their own teaching content and terminology.
Students can use this planning guide as they research tiny house designs and their space-saving solutions, plan their own tiny house blueprint, create a model or final blueprint of their tiny house and invite "visitors" (friends and/or family) to view it. Teachers can simply print the 3-page guide for each student, and then choose to break down the lessons following the step-by-step sections (e.g. the first lesson is Step 1: Discover), or leave more capable students to their own pace and devices using the guide.
The task and success criteria promote functionality, creativity, and design skills. Teachers can assess spatial awareness, originality, and practical thinking.
Easily printable in black and white, this resource suits design technology, architecture, or mathematics units.
Copyright © 2025 by Ready Teach Learn
All rights reserved by author.
Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.
Not for public display.
