Define In order to save money while reducing the carbon footprint from Problem/Scenario: electricity costs, you have been applied to design a residential home that will limit the entry of heat from the outside for a Need 1 community developer. Expected Task: Develop a model house that is designed to minimize the entry of the Problem Step heat from the outside and present research (their own findings), or as a sales pitch to the developer, demonstrating effects of their insulation efforts. Identify Research and Citations: the 2 or Vocabulary: Conduction, convection, radiation, heat, thermal energy, temperature, insolation, infrared Step Need Problem Research Criteria: The House must have at least two scale windows per side per story and 2 doors (1 front door and 1 back door). The initial test for the house should be done without any insulation to determine the effects of insulation. To mimic different times of the day, the heat lamp should relocated to simulate light during the morning, mid-day and afternoon. Solution(s) 3 Constraints: Base area maximum of 645cm2 (100in2), maximum height of 40cm (15.75in). Step File folders must only be one layer thick on the model. Possible Materials: Drinking straws or tongue depressor for the frame of the house, Develop file folders for walls and roof, Glue (hot glue)/tape, lamp, thermometer, 15 Cotton balls, thermal imaging app such as Thermal Camera FREE by Fingersoft (App Store and Andriod) or Seek Heat (multiple platforms). Building of the 4 5 Product a (Prototype, model Best the Step Select Step or Artifact): Testing of the Product (Prototype, model or Artifact): 6 Evaluate Peer-Review Questions: Step Solution(s) and the Test Project Summary: 7 Step Solution(s) Presentation of Communicate Final Solution: the Re-designing of the Prototype 8 Step Redesign
Step 1 Identify the Need or Problem Define Problem/Scenario: In order to save money while reducing the carbon footprint from electricity costs, you have been applied to design a residential home that will limit the entry of heat from the outside for a community developer. Expected Task: Develop a model house that is designed to minimize the entry of heat from the outside and present research (their own findings), as a sales pitch to the developer, demonstrating effects of their insulation efforts. Step 2 Research the Need or Problem Research and Citations: Vocabulary: Conduction, convection, radiation, heat, thermal energy, temperature, insolation, infrared Step 3 Develop Possible Solution(s) Criteria: The House must have at least two scale windows per side per story and 2 doors (1 front door and 1 back door). The initial test for the house should be done without any insulation to determine the effects of insulation. To mimic different times of the day, the heat lamp should relocated to simulate light during the morning, mid-day and afternoon. Constraints: Base area maximum of 645cm2 (100in2), maximum height of 40cm (15.75in). File folders must only be one layer thick on the model. Materials: Drinking straws or tongue depressor for the frame of the house, file folders for walls and roof, Glue (hot glue)/tape, lamp, thermometer, 15 Cotton balls, thermal imaging app such as Thermal Camera FREE by Fingersoft (App Store and Andriod) or Seek Heat (multiple platforms). Step 4 Select the Best Step 5 a Building of the Product (Prototype, model or Artifact): Step 6 Test and Evaluate the Solution(s) Testing of the Product (Prototype, model or Artifact): Peer-Review Questions: Step 7 Communicate the Solution(s) Project Summary: Presentation of Final Solution: Step 8 Redesign Re-designing of the Prototype
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