SHS3 Design And Communication Technology · Semester 2, Week 5
Building Drawing
Lesson notes
Learning Objectives
Indicator: 3.3.1.LI.2 - Make freehand sketches of floor plan of simple domestic buildings.
By the end of the lesson, learners can:
- Identify the key rooms and features of a simple domestic building from an observed or virtual foundation layout.
- Sketch a freehand floor plan of a simple domestic building, showing room positions, doors, and windows in correct proportion.
- Apply standard building symbols for walls, doors, and windows in their freehand sketches.
- Modify and refine their initial sketches after comparison with the actual observed layout.
- Use appropriate line weights and labels to communicate the function of each space in the floor plan.
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- Strand
- Extended Drawing (Strand 3)
- Sub-strand
- Building Drawing (3.1)
- Content standard
- 3.3.1.CS.1 - 3.3.1.CS.1 Understanding the concept of building drawing. 3.3.1.LO.1 Employ the understanding of floor plan and sectioning with the use of building codes, standards and symbols.
- Indicator
- 3.3.1.LI.2 - Make freehand sketches of floor plan of simple domestic buildings.
- Suggested placement
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Semester 2, Week 5
(Week 25 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
- Curriculum reference
- NaCCA curriculum document, p. 99
Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)
Experiential learning, Managing talk for learning: Lead learners to a nearby dugout foundation of a building and task learners to observe the layout. Note: In cases where there are no such instances, you may consider a virtual form. Managing talk for learning, Activity-based learning: Task learners to produce a free hand sketch of the floor plan they observed and allow learners to make modifications to their sketches if they need be. Assessment (3.3.1.AS.2). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding. Teaching and Learning Materials: - Models - charts and drawing instrument - set-squares - protractor - pair of compasses - dividers - reference books - drawing studio - access to internet - LCD Projector.