Tracy Robar

In this mini-project, students will design and draw to scale (plan and elevation views) their dream vacation cabin. They will calculate areas of the flooring, siding and roofing. Then they will research the internet and choose materials, find actual costs, and calculate total materials costs for those parts of their cabin. Handouts including a guide for students and a simple rubric, are included. Pythagorean theorem is used to calculate roofing.

Students will measure rise and run and calculate percent slope using photos of real wheelchair ramps and stairways. They will compare these slopes to the maximum slope of wheelchair ramps as mandated by state law in Georgia.