Junior Tiny Houses
DIGTH Course Description Recommended Prior LearningThis course is suitable for students who are creative and have an interest in architecture, sketching and portfolio projects. No prior learning is required in this course. Students will learn designing from scratch.
BIG QUESTION: Small changes transform our lives - is bigger always better?
This is a Design course that is focused on the popular trend of designing a tiny house. The challenge is to incorporate space saving ideas that are multi-purpose. This will involve hand drawing and computer generated designs. Learning architectural design skills leads to pursuing a career in the architecture field or simply wanting to develop creative and problem-solving skills.
Learning Areas:
Technology, Digital Technology & Design
Assessment Information
MANA REO (COMMUNICATING)
Students will be assessed on their ability to communicate their knowledge, understanding and skills.
• Pre-structural - I need support to describe ideas and/or information.
• Uni-structural - I can describe an idea and/or information.
• Multi-structural - I can describe ideas and information.
• Relational - I link ideas and information together and explain my understanding.
• Extended Abstract - I apply my understanding to discuss my ideas in new ways.
WHAKAARO (THINKING)
Students will be assessed on their ability to develop their levels of thinking in a variety of learning experiences.
• Pre-structural - I need to support to think of an idea.
• Uni-structural - I can think of an idea.
• Multi-structural - I can think of several ideas.
• Relational - I link ideas together to organise my thinking.
• Extended Abstract - I apply my thinking in creative ways.