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toc //(NOTE: After you add your information to this page, delete the instructions in parenthesis, including this note, so that all that's left is the 4 headers and your information.)// =G.R.A.S.P.S= = = ( Feel free to copy and paste what you have on your wiki page for Dr. Grace for the GRASPS portion.) =Understanding(s)= • all shapes have area and three dimensional shapes have volume. • when making triangle calculations students can estimate to guess and check. • you can find side lengths of right triangles using the Pythagorean Theorem. I want students to be able to calculate things correctly using all the formulas. Students need to be able to not only know the formula's but apply them to real work.
 * Goal || **For students to find out different area, lengths and spaces of different shapes** ||
 * Role || **You are an Architect who is designing a house.** ||
 * Audience || **You are selling a house to a family who are considered a bunch of hoarders. So they have specific things that they want done inside of their home they want certain sized rooms and certain shape rooms.** ||
 * Setting || **As an architect the student needs to design a house to fit the demands of the hoarders. The only way that the hoarders with purchase the house is if it is up to their qualifications on certain lengths, area's, and specific spaces.** ||
 * Presentation || **The student will need to develop a presentation on the computer using either glogster, mybrainshark, or something approved by me to show the different area's volumes and lengths inside of the house.** ||
 * Standards || **Product- Content 40%, Terms 10%, Explanation 10%, Working with partners !0%, Design 15%, Reflection 15%. Presentation- Time limit 10%, Poster Design 15%, Content 30%, Listening to others 15%, Preparedness 20%, Creativity 10%.** ||

=Introduction= A family is trying to find an architect to build a house. The family is a very crazy family they keep everything. They were originally trying to get on the show hoarders because they keep everything!! They really like different shapes, a lot of the things that they keep are shaped a bit unusually. They really would like for the house to have some different shapes in it but also to have plenty of storage space. They have approached some different architect firms about creating a house for them. However to make sure that they know they can fit all of their things in the house they want to know all the dimensions and to know area and volume of all the rooms in the home. They would really like to see a design in the near future as they need to move quickly, because their house is getting to small. So as one of the architects that was approached about designing a house you better get to it!

=Task= As a high ranking architect in your firm a family from the show hoarders has approached you, and because they keep everything they need the house to be large and have a weird design. It is your job to create a house in which they will be comfortable living and that can hold all of their things inside the house or garage. These people are very interested in weird shapes and design so the crazier the better. However before they buy the house they would like to hear your pitch about the area in the house and specific spaces in the house. If you are not specific enough in your explanation they will not buy the house. You need to design a house using as many objects as you possibly can and using your knowledge of triangles, and area/volume. It is important to complete this task in a timely manner as there are other firms that have been approached about this same job! =Conclusion= Congratulations on designing a great house I think that the family of hoarders will really like it. As you can see it is important for you to know how to use area/volume formula's and triangle if you were going to design a house. Throughout all of this work the most important thing was formula's. As long as you understand the formula's you should be able to figure out any problem.