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1 ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS Principles of Architecture and Construction UNT in partnership with TEA. Copyright ©. All rights reserved.

2 Starter/Bell Ringer Activity  Students, please take your seats with your assigned Team Work Stations.  Delegate 1 Team Member to be today’s Team Representative.  Each Team Member needs to observe and hold the flooring material sample assigned to your Team’s Station.  What do you think we are going to need these samples for? UNT in partnership with TEA. Copyright ©. All rights reserved.

3 Refresh your Vocabulary  As a Class, let’s refresh our memory on a few key words:  Building Materials  Estimate  Volume vs. Area  Scale factor  Foot, Inch, Yard, Cubic, Square, etc…  Ratio, Common Denominator, Rounding, Fraction, Mixed Number, etc... Yes, these are “math” terms!  Cost  Unit  Approximate vs. Exact UNT in partnership with TEA. Copyright ©. All rights reserved.

4 Let’s start with our Student Teams  With your Team, you will follow the Handout.  You will answer questions 1-5 together as a Team.  You will first answer questions #1-3 as a Team. The sample material your Team has will help you, and you will use the internet to complete the research.  You will then answer question #4 by “joining forces” with your neighboring teams and share the data you collected.  Then, as a Student Team again, answer question #5.  As INDIVIDUALS, each of your will contribute to the entire classes group discussion to complete Question #6 of the Handout. UNT in partnership with TEA. Copyright ©. All rights reserved.

5 End of Class Wrap Up and Summary  As Individuals, each of you will be asked to contribute to the class discussion the following questions…  What did we actually measure today?  What units/increments of measurement did we use?  What other units/increments of measurement CAN we use that are similar?  How much did each material cost per unit?  How did the Client’s Requests affect our choice of material?  What made you choose the material that you did?  How can we determine what is the best material to use? UNT in partnership with TEA. Copyright ©. All rights reserved.


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