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This engaging Dream House Project is perfect for 7th grade math classrooms and focuses on volume, surface area, and nets. Students begin by completing a request form for their dream house, which is then passed on to a classmate acting as their “engineer.” The engineer must carefully design the house according to the client's specifications, calculate the volume and surface area, and label all parts of the net before building. Using grid paper, students construct their 3D models to match the orig