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The lesson plans in the School SSLAM grid use the building where students spend the bulk of their day as the basis for projects that span the five major curriculum areas.
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The Lesson
Your Body A Building
Create a visual representation comparing the systems of the human body with those of a building.
Content Focus
Built Environment: Architectural Drawing/2D, Beams, Building Systems, Columns
Science: Human Body
Technology: Communication Technologies, Construction Technologies, Technological Systems
The Lesson
The Electric Classroom
Create a scaled isometric drawing illustrating the electrical system in your classroom.
Content Focus
Built Environment: Architectural Drawing/2D, Scale/Proportion
Math: Scale
Science: Energy: Electricity
Technology: Construction Technologies, Energy and Power Technologies, Engineering Design, Technological Systems
The Lesson
A Greener School
Develop a plan to make your school more environmentally friendly.
Content Focus
Built Environment: Building Systems, Observing/Surveying, Sustainability
Science: Earth: Environment, Energy: "Green", Energy: Electricity, Energy: Solar
Technology: Construction Technologies, Energy and Power Technologies
The Lesson
Sit Right 
Design and build a strong, lightweight ergonomic cardboard chair proportioned for your comfort.
Content Focus
Built Environment: Architectural Drawing/2D, Beams, Compression/Tension, Ergonomics, Scale/Proportion, Stress
Science: Human Body, Matter: Properties
Technology: Construction Technologies, Engineering Design
The Lesson
Invisible Dimensions
Investigate how varying concepts of personal space lead to the diversity of traditional and modern designs.
Content Focus
Built Environment: Architectural Drawing/2D
Science: Human Body
Social Studies: World Culture
The Lesson
My School Has A Style?
Investigate the architectural style of your school building and how it relates to history.
Content Focus
Art - Visual: Architectural Styles
Built Environment: Observing/Surveying, Site, Style
Social Studies: United States - 20th Century - History
The Lesson
East Meets West
Use the principles of Feng Shui to create a harmonious design for your learning environment.
Content Focus
Built Environment: Architectural Drawing/2D, Measuring/Estimating, Scale/Proportion, Space
Social Studies: China - History and Culture, World Culture
The Lesson
Classroom Restyle
Turn your classroom into a period room displaying artifacts, texts, and ornaments from an ancient civilization.
Content Focus
Built Environment: Observing/Surveying, Style
Social Studies: Ancient Civilizations - History, World Culture
The Lesson
Not One Size Fits All
Write a specification for a new invention for your classroom.
Content Focus
Built Environment: Architectural Drawing/2D, Compression/Tension, Stress
Language Arts: Reading Comprehension, Writing: Technical
The Lesson
Design Writes
Write a proposal for the patent of your ergonomic chair.
Content Focus
Built Environment: Ergonomics
Language Arts: Reading Comprehension, Writing: Technical
The Lesson
Stories These Walls Could Tell
Produce a live radio story using your school as the inspiration and the setting.
Content Focus
Built Environment: Space
Language Arts: Writing: Literary Response
The Lesson
Mind's Eye
Design a stage set for a scene from a piece of literature.
Content Focus
Art - Visual: Techniques: Model-making
Built Environment: Architectural Drawing/2D, Model-Making/3D, Scale/Proportion
Language Arts: Writing: Literary Response
The Lesson
A Sense-Able Map
Create a sensory representation of a classroom.
Content Focus
Art - Visual: Aesthetics, Techniques: Collage, Techniques: Drawing, Techniques: Painting
Built Environment: Mapping
The Lesson
Archcyclopedia
Create an illustrated encyclopedia of the architecture of your school.
Content Focus
Art - Visual: Aesthetics, Architectural Styles, Elements of Art, Principles of Design, Techniques: Book-making, Techniques: Drawing, Techniques: Graphic Design
The Lesson
Façade Facelift I
Create façade designs that present a more accurate and "stylish" image of your school to the public.
Content Focus
Art - Visual: Aesthetics, Elements of Art, Principles of Design
Built Environment: Architectural Drawing/2D
The Lesson
Façade Facelift II
Create a model of a re-designed façade for the school building.
Content Focus
Art - Visual: Architectural Styles, Principles of Design, Techniques: Model-making
Built Environment: Architectural Drawing/2D, Scale/Proportion
Technology: Construction Technologies
The Lesson
Morphing the Room
Draw a plan for an addition to increase the area of your classroom by fifty percent using the most efficient rectangle.
Content Focus
Built Environment: Architectural Drawing/2D, Measuring/Estimating, Scale/Proportion
Math: Measurement: Objects and Units, Modeling: Quantitative Relationships, Modeling: Spatial Reasoning
Technology: Construction Technologies
The Lesson
Form and Furniture
Make a scale drawing of a chair of your own design based on the dimensions of your body.
Content Focus
Built Environment: Architectural Drawing/2D, Form, Measuring/Estimating, Scale/Proportion
Math: Calculation: Averages, Measurement: Angles and Distance, Ratio and Proportion, Scale
Science: Human Body, Matter: Properties
Technology: Engineering Design
The Lesson
A Lively Loaded Room
Calculate the load your classroom floor is supporting and speculate: How much would be too much.
Content Focus
Built Environment: Measuring/Estimating, Stress
Math: Calculation: Algebraic Symbols, Measurement: Objects and Units, Modeling: Spatial Reasoning
Technology: Construction Technologies
The Lesson
Cut to Fit
Create shop drawings for a piece of furniture.
Content Focus
Built Environment: Architectural Drawing/2D, Ergonomics, Measuring/Estimating
Math: Geometric Shapes and Relationships, Measurement: Objects and Units, Modeling: Spatial Reasoning
Technology: Manufacturing Technologies
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