This document provides instructions for renovating a home to make it more livable by combining two upstairs bedrooms into one larger room, eliminating a door and closet. It also describes creating a half wall on each side of the fireplace and converting a three season room into a regular room by moving the patio door, removing the exterior wall, building a new floor, installing windows and electric/heat. Final steps include matching textures and ceilings, drywalling, taping, texturing, painting, staining trim, installing trim and new flooring.
This document discusses the issues to consider when deciding whether to repair or replace historic wood windows. It outlines the advantages of repairing historic wood windows over replacing them with modern windows in terms of aesthetics, longevity, energy efficiency, environmental impact, and economics. Historic wood windows are more appropriate for older home styles, retain historic integrity, and are made from durable old-growth wood. Properly maintained historic wood windows can last over 75 years and be just as energy efficient as new windows. Replacing windows uses more resources and energy than repairing existing windows. From a cost perspective, repairing windows is more affordable over the long term.
The document introduces the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis method for comparing the full costs of owning different homes. It provides a case study comparing a newly constructed high-performance home to an older resale property in Ithaca, NY. The TCO analysis saves potential buyers money in 6 steps: 1) Comparing estimated energy costs over 30 years ($250,000 savings), 2) Optimizing mortgage insurance, 3) Factoring electric vehicle savings, 4) Lower maintenance/water costs, 5) Resulting overall savings of $355,000 versus the resale home. The analysis shows buyers how to maximize savings through energy-efficient construction and transportation.
The main ways heat is lost from homes are through the ceiling, windows, floor, draughts, and walls. The greatest source of heat loss is through the walls, followed by the ceiling. Installing loft insulation, cavity wall insulation, double glazing windows, and using draught excluders are effective ways to reduce heat loss and save money through lower energy bills over time. Loft insulation and draught excluders have the shortest payback periods of around 6 months to 2 years.
The document describes the design of transitional health posts intended to provide temporary structures following earthquakes when many health posts were damaged. The design uses a durable metal pipe frame covered with flexible roofing materials like insulation and plywood that are intended to last 1-2 years. Key features of the design are that it is reusable, extendable, protects from disasters, provides privacy, and uses locally available materials.
Jane Dillard built an unusual home made entirely of straw bales near Cortez, Colorado. Her thick straw bale walls provide an efficient, naturally cool home that is quiet and feels safe. Straw bale construction is gaining popularity in the American Southwest as a sustainable building technique that uses a local, renewable material and blends well with the natural surroundings. Modern interest in straw bale homes has grown due to desires for energy efficiency, use of natural materials, and a feeling of belonging provided by understanding the simple materials that form one's home.
This document provides instructions for renovating a home to make it more livable by combining two upstairs bedrooms into one larger room, eliminating a door and closet. It also describes creating a half wall on each side of the fireplace and converting a three season room into a regular room by moving the patio door, removing the exterior wall, building a new floor, installing windows and electric/heat. Final steps include matching textures and ceilings, drywalling, taping, texturing, painting, staining trim, installing trim and new flooring.
This document discusses the issues to consider when deciding whether to repair or replace historic wood windows. It outlines the advantages of repairing historic wood windows over replacing them with modern windows in terms of aesthetics, longevity, energy efficiency, environmental impact, and economics. Historic wood windows are more appropriate for older home styles, retain historic integrity, and are made from durable old-growth wood. Properly maintained historic wood windows can last over 75 years and be just as energy efficient as new windows. Replacing windows uses more resources and energy than repairing existing windows. From a cost perspective, repairing windows is more affordable over the long term.
The document introduces the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis method for comparing the full costs of owning different homes. It provides a case study comparing a newly constructed high-performance home to an older resale property in Ithaca, NY. The TCO analysis saves potential buyers money in 6 steps: 1) Comparing estimated energy costs over 30 years ($250,000 savings), 2) Optimizing mortgage insurance, 3) Factoring electric vehicle savings, 4) Lower maintenance/water costs, 5) Resulting overall savings of $355,000 versus the resale home. The analysis shows buyers how to maximize savings through energy-efficient construction and transportation.
The main ways heat is lost from homes are through the ceiling, windows, floor, draughts, and walls. The greatest source of heat loss is through the walls, followed by the ceiling. Installing loft insulation, cavity wall insulation, double glazing windows, and using draught excluders are effective ways to reduce heat loss and save money through lower energy bills over time. Loft insulation and draught excluders have the shortest payback periods of around 6 months to 2 years.
The document describes the design of transitional health posts intended to provide temporary structures following earthquakes when many health posts were damaged. The design uses a durable metal pipe frame covered with flexible roofing materials like insulation and plywood that are intended to last 1-2 years. Key features of the design are that it is reusable, extendable, protects from disasters, provides privacy, and uses locally available materials.
Jane Dillard built an unusual home made entirely of straw bales near Cortez, Colorado. Her thick straw bale walls provide an efficient, naturally cool home that is quiet and feels safe. Straw bale construction is gaining popularity in the American Southwest as a sustainable building technique that uses a local, renewable material and blends well with the natural surroundings. Modern interest in straw bale homes has grown due to desires for energy efficiency, use of natural materials, and a feeling of belonging provided by understanding the simple materials that form one's home.
The document provides instructions for how to make various archery equipment at home, including bow risers, limbs, strings, and other accessories. It describes the necessary materials, tools, and steps to construct each item. Specific directions are given for cutting, shaping, and assembling bamboo limbs and attaching them to a wooden riser. The string construction section outlines using a string jig and winding Dacron strands evenly while maintaining equal tension across all strands.
The document discusses integrated design and building concepts, focusing on the work of architect Le Corbusier. It describes Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation building from 1946 and debates whether he was an architect or engineer. It also discusses the importance of making optimal choices in integrated design through collaborative teamwork and knowledge sharing. Morphological design methods are presented as a way to model non-quantified solutions. Building information modeling is highlighted as an important tool for integrated building design.
The document discusses the Passive House energy design standard, which aims to achieve a 90% reduction in space heating needs and 70% reduction in total building energy usage. It provides examples of Passive House buildings constructed in Europe and discusses the key design principles, which include superinsulation, airtight construction, and heat recovery ventilation. Compact building designs that minimize surface area are emphasized to reduce energy demands. The Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) is used to calculate and optimize building designs to meet the rigorous Passive House criteria.
This is the main bulk of my EPQ which gained an A grade at A Level. There are other bits, such as a log, reflection and several appendices, but this is the main bulk of it
This document discusses business models for sustainability. It defines a business model and reviews literature on the topic. It then discusses how sustainable business models focus on adding value to stakeholders rather than extracting value. The rest of the document provides examples of business models that can enable sustainability, such as product life cycle management, product-service systems that replace ownership, and open innovation models. It emphasizes that appropriate business models are needed to drive diffusion of sustainable technologies.
Environmental Issues and Sustainabilityguestffe27a
This document discusses environmental problems, their causes, and sustainability. It provides general statistics about the Earth, notes that the world population is growing at 2.5% annually, and examines environmental indicators like depleted soils, food shortages, loss of biodiversity, deforestation, polluted rivers, and increased disease. It also discusses biodiversity hotspots and defines environmental science as relating to the relationships between organisms and their environment.
This document provides an introduction to the topic of sustainability. It discusses key concepts like resources, population growth, sustainable development, and interdependence. Resources are defined as anything taken from the environment to make goods and products for human needs and wants. However, using resources leads to waste. Sustainable development means meeting current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. It involves considering consumption, waste, and responsible use of Earth's finite resources. The document stresses thinking globally about how our actions impact others and acting locally through sustainable practices in our own communities.
This document discusses various aspects of sustainable development at the neighborhood level, including water, waste management, green space, food, and energy. It emphasizes meeting environmental, economic, and social goals simultaneously (the triple bottom line). Some key sustainable practices mentioned are rainwater harvesting, composting, farmers markets, green roofs, solar panels, recycled and local building materials, and forms of renewable energy like wind and solar.
The purpose of the Organisational Sustainability slide show is to present a way organisations, both private and public sector, can :
a) Improve theirs and others sustainability, and in doing so also
b) Show how their progress can be measured in economic, community, and environmental terms .
The document provides instructions for making a clay slab house facade in 10 steps: 1) Cut paper patterns for the house and roof under 5x8 inches; 2) Place patterns on a clay slab and cut around them; 3) Score and attach the roof to the house with clay slip; 4) Flip it over and secure the back; 5) Fill in gaps; 6) Smooth the surface; 7) Cut windows, shutters, doors from extra clay; 8) Add texture to roof and shutters; 9) Add a hole to hang it; 10) Let it dry before bisque firing for strength. Additional details are provided on adding pieces, textures, storing works in progress, and vocabulary.
The document provides instructions for building a simple solar cooker out of cardboard and aluminum foil that can be used to cook food using sunlight. It includes templates to cut out cardboard pieces, directions for folding them together and attaching the aluminum foil, and instructions for assembling the cooker and testing it. The solar cooker is designed to focus and trap the sun's energy to cook foods like rice, cornbread, potatoes, and eggs without using fuel.
Constructng a Cold Frame - for Winter Gardening - A Permaculture Build Project ~ 610 Kirby Permaculture
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
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Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
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Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica
http://scribd.com/doc/239850233
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
This document summarizes a DIY project to use recycled pop cans and passive solar heating to warm a cold bedroom. Key points:
- The bedroom gets too cold in the daytime due to its distance from the central furnace.
- A solar collector chimney system was designed using pop cans as the absorber surface and independent chimneys to transfer heat into the room.
- Two iterations were tested - the first with bottom-vented cans did not have enough airflow, while cutting out the bottoms improved airflow and heat transfer.
- Initial tests showed a 40 degree rise in temperature within the chimneys and some warming of the room.
The document provides instructions for building a simple solar oven out of cardboard, aluminum foil, duct tape, and other common materials. The solar oven uses reflective panels made of aluminum foil-covered cardboard to concentrate sunlight into an insulated cooking chamber painted black on the inside. The concentrated sunlight heats up the black surface of the cooking chamber, allowing it to reach temperatures high enough to cook or bake food inside an enclosed plastic bag. The completed solar oven can be used to cook foods like bread, brownies, and vegetables using only sunlight as an energy source.
The document provides instructions for building a "Peace House" as a group activity for primary school students to reinforce the value of peace. The activity uses recycled materials like milk cartons painted with acrylic paint. Students work together to construct the house by sticking cartons together and adding details like windows, a door, a roof with shingles, and a chimney. Building the house helps students learn vocabulary related to peace and complete the objectives of a group task, reinforcing the value of peace, and learning peace-related words.
This document provides details about renovating a 1970s ranch home in Holderness, NH to make it carbon neutral. Key points:
- The home was highly insulated with walls R-52, roof R-73, and new basement walls R-42. Air leakage was reduced 12-fold.
- A ground source heat pump and 7.5 kW solar PV array were installed. Actual energy use was 6,704 kWh compared to the predicted need of 7,545 kWh.
- Features like a green roof, rainwater cistern, and sustainable materials were used. Monitoring showed the home produces more energy than it uses, making it carbon neutral.
Thermal insulation reduces heat transfer between objects in contact or radiative influence. It maintains room temperatures according to requirements by creating a shield around homes. Thermal insulation is necessary due to increasing global warming and temperature variation. Insulation helps avoid high electricity bills and environmental impacts of heating/cooling devices. Houses can be insulated by choosing insulating materials for construction, adding insulation materials like fiberglass, mineral wool, cellulose or polyurethane foam between walls/roofs, and using insulating doors, windows and light-colored exteriors. Proper insulation helps maintain stable indoor temperatures and reduces energy costs.
To tackle the environment change every people should make their building that is thermally insulated. So that you can feel comfortable within home. T o know more go through https://blog.builtify.in/2019/08/how-to-make-your-house-thermally-insulated-builtify.html
Greenhouses are structures designed to maintain optimal growing conditions for crops. Key considerations in greenhouse design include site selection, orientation, size, structural design, height, availability of electricity, water source, and climate factors like temperature, light, and wind. Proper design of the foundation, structural members, covering materials, and installation process are needed to construct a greenhouse that can withstand loads and provide an environment suitable for plant growth.
The document provides instructions for how to make various archery equipment at home, including bow risers, limbs, strings, and other accessories. It describes the necessary materials, tools, and steps to construct each item. Specific directions are given for cutting, shaping, and assembling bamboo limbs and attaching them to a wooden riser. The string construction section outlines using a string jig and winding Dacron strands evenly while maintaining equal tension across all strands.
The document discusses integrated design and building concepts, focusing on the work of architect Le Corbusier. It describes Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation building from 1946 and debates whether he was an architect or engineer. It also discusses the importance of making optimal choices in integrated design through collaborative teamwork and knowledge sharing. Morphological design methods are presented as a way to model non-quantified solutions. Building information modeling is highlighted as an important tool for integrated building design.
The document discusses the Passive House energy design standard, which aims to achieve a 90% reduction in space heating needs and 70% reduction in total building energy usage. It provides examples of Passive House buildings constructed in Europe and discusses the key design principles, which include superinsulation, airtight construction, and heat recovery ventilation. Compact building designs that minimize surface area are emphasized to reduce energy demands. The Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) is used to calculate and optimize building designs to meet the rigorous Passive House criteria.
This is the main bulk of my EPQ which gained an A grade at A Level. There are other bits, such as a log, reflection and several appendices, but this is the main bulk of it
This document discusses business models for sustainability. It defines a business model and reviews literature on the topic. It then discusses how sustainable business models focus on adding value to stakeholders rather than extracting value. The rest of the document provides examples of business models that can enable sustainability, such as product life cycle management, product-service systems that replace ownership, and open innovation models. It emphasizes that appropriate business models are needed to drive diffusion of sustainable technologies.
Environmental Issues and Sustainabilityguestffe27a
This document discusses environmental problems, their causes, and sustainability. It provides general statistics about the Earth, notes that the world population is growing at 2.5% annually, and examines environmental indicators like depleted soils, food shortages, loss of biodiversity, deforestation, polluted rivers, and increased disease. It also discusses biodiversity hotspots and defines environmental science as relating to the relationships between organisms and their environment.
This document provides an introduction to the topic of sustainability. It discusses key concepts like resources, population growth, sustainable development, and interdependence. Resources are defined as anything taken from the environment to make goods and products for human needs and wants. However, using resources leads to waste. Sustainable development means meeting current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. It involves considering consumption, waste, and responsible use of Earth's finite resources. The document stresses thinking globally about how our actions impact others and acting locally through sustainable practices in our own communities.
This document discusses various aspects of sustainable development at the neighborhood level, including water, waste management, green space, food, and energy. It emphasizes meeting environmental, economic, and social goals simultaneously (the triple bottom line). Some key sustainable practices mentioned are rainwater harvesting, composting, farmers markets, green roofs, solar panels, recycled and local building materials, and forms of renewable energy like wind and solar.
The purpose of the Organisational Sustainability slide show is to present a way organisations, both private and public sector, can :
a) Improve theirs and others sustainability, and in doing so also
b) Show how their progress can be measured in economic, community, and environmental terms .
The document provides instructions for making a clay slab house facade in 10 steps: 1) Cut paper patterns for the house and roof under 5x8 inches; 2) Place patterns on a clay slab and cut around them; 3) Score and attach the roof to the house with clay slip; 4) Flip it over and secure the back; 5) Fill in gaps; 6) Smooth the surface; 7) Cut windows, shutters, doors from extra clay; 8) Add texture to roof and shutters; 9) Add a hole to hang it; 10) Let it dry before bisque firing for strength. Additional details are provided on adding pieces, textures, storing works in progress, and vocabulary.
The document provides instructions for building a simple solar cooker out of cardboard and aluminum foil that can be used to cook food using sunlight. It includes templates to cut out cardboard pieces, directions for folding them together and attaching the aluminum foil, and instructions for assembling the cooker and testing it. The solar cooker is designed to focus and trap the sun's energy to cook foods like rice, cornbread, potatoes, and eggs without using fuel.
Constructng a Cold Frame - for Winter Gardening - A Permaculture Build Project ~ 610 Kirby Permaculture
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica
http://scribd.com/doc/239850233
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
This document summarizes a DIY project to use recycled pop cans and passive solar heating to warm a cold bedroom. Key points:
- The bedroom gets too cold in the daytime due to its distance from the central furnace.
- A solar collector chimney system was designed using pop cans as the absorber surface and independent chimneys to transfer heat into the room.
- Two iterations were tested - the first with bottom-vented cans did not have enough airflow, while cutting out the bottoms improved airflow and heat transfer.
- Initial tests showed a 40 degree rise in temperature within the chimneys and some warming of the room.
The document provides instructions for building a simple solar oven out of cardboard, aluminum foil, duct tape, and other common materials. The solar oven uses reflective panels made of aluminum foil-covered cardboard to concentrate sunlight into an insulated cooking chamber painted black on the inside. The concentrated sunlight heats up the black surface of the cooking chamber, allowing it to reach temperatures high enough to cook or bake food inside an enclosed plastic bag. The completed solar oven can be used to cook foods like bread, brownies, and vegetables using only sunlight as an energy source.
The document provides instructions for building a "Peace House" as a group activity for primary school students to reinforce the value of peace. The activity uses recycled materials like milk cartons painted with acrylic paint. Students work together to construct the house by sticking cartons together and adding details like windows, a door, a roof with shingles, and a chimney. Building the house helps students learn vocabulary related to peace and complete the objectives of a group task, reinforcing the value of peace, and learning peace-related words.
This document provides details about renovating a 1970s ranch home in Holderness, NH to make it carbon neutral. Key points:
- The home was highly insulated with walls R-52, roof R-73, and new basement walls R-42. Air leakage was reduced 12-fold.
- A ground source heat pump and 7.5 kW solar PV array were installed. Actual energy use was 6,704 kWh compared to the predicted need of 7,545 kWh.
- Features like a green roof, rainwater cistern, and sustainable materials were used. Monitoring showed the home produces more energy than it uses, making it carbon neutral.
Thermal insulation reduces heat transfer between objects in contact or radiative influence. It maintains room temperatures according to requirements by creating a shield around homes. Thermal insulation is necessary due to increasing global warming and temperature variation. Insulation helps avoid high electricity bills and environmental impacts of heating/cooling devices. Houses can be insulated by choosing insulating materials for construction, adding insulation materials like fiberglass, mineral wool, cellulose or polyurethane foam between walls/roofs, and using insulating doors, windows and light-colored exteriors. Proper insulation helps maintain stable indoor temperatures and reduces energy costs.
To tackle the environment change every people should make their building that is thermally insulated. So that you can feel comfortable within home. T o know more go through https://blog.builtify.in/2019/08/how-to-make-your-house-thermally-insulated-builtify.html
Greenhouses are structures designed to maintain optimal growing conditions for crops. Key considerations in greenhouse design include site selection, orientation, size, structural design, height, availability of electricity, water source, and climate factors like temperature, light, and wind. Proper design of the foundation, structural members, covering materials, and installation process are needed to construct a greenhouse that can withstand loads and provide an environment suitable for plant growth.
Passive solar buildings utilize passive solar gain and thermal mass to minimize energy costs and provide comfort. They are designed to maximize winter sun exposure through large, south-facing windows while minimizing overheating in summer through features like eaves, shading, and insulation. Thermal mass materials like concrete or brick absorb solar heat from windows and re-radiate it to maintain an even temperature without needing active heating systems. Proper orientation, insulation, and passive solar techniques can significantly reduce a building's energy costs through natural heating and cooling.
The document provides instructions for insulating walls and obtaining proper materials. It discusses:
- Filming a project to insulate a wall and demonstrate techniques step-by-step.
- Gathering tools and materials, different insulation options, and choosing insulation based on the wall dimensions and climate.
- Types of drywall including thickness, sizing, and moisture-resistant options.
- Measuring the wall area, cutting insulation to fit, and stapling it in place without gaps.
- Preparing to install drywall, choosing the appropriate type, hanging sheets from the top down, and inspecting for unevenness before taping.
The document summarizes the design and construction of Villa Velanidi, a Passivhaus home in Corfu, Greece built in 2015. The goals were to simplify mechanical systems, focus on Passivhaus principles, and use natural materials, while creating a beautiful family home and vacation rental. Key aspects discussed include the insulation and air-tightness strategies, mechanical ventilation system using an air-to-ground pipe, inclusion of thermal mass, glazing and shading design, and heating/cooling systems. Performance results showed a total energy demand of 18 kWh/m2 for heating and cooling, with temperature fluctuations well controlled throughout the house.
Making a windowsill light reflector in 3 sentences:
Seedlings tend to stretch towards light on windowsills, so a simple cardboard reflector covered in aluminum foil is made to evenly reflect light and prevent seedlings from stretching as they grow straight. The reflector is constructed by cutting a cardboard box at an angle to fit on the windowsill, lining it with plastic and aluminum foil for reflectiveness, and placing seedlings on the sill beneath the reflector to benefit from indirect light on all sides.
This document provides guidance on strapping and bracing insulating concrete forms (ICF) for various building elements:
1) It describes different methods for strapping corners, window and door openings, T-walls and pilasters, non-standard joints, and radius walls.
2) Standard bracing is recommended to provide access to upper courses, keep the wall aligned during construction and pouring, and is typically installed on the inside.
3) For tall walls over standard heights, numerous scaffolding companies manufacture specialized tall wall bracing that must comply with safety, code, and engineering standards.
Revision techniques in lessons ddr july 2019David Drake
This document provides 20 revision lesson ideas for students in the lead up to exams. Some of the ideas include using revision dice with QR codes linked to questions, mind mapping, creating revision dominoes to match key terms and definitions, grading sample answers and providing feedback, and gamifying revision through Kahoot quizzes, bingo, or a Pointless-style game. The ideas aim to make revision engaging and help students actively recall and reinforce essential content.
Revision techniques for students 2018 v3David Drake
The document provides several revision techniques for exams, including:
1) Self-quizzing using knowledge organizers or revision guides using the Leitner method or Pomodoro technique.
2) Creating videos, mind maps, or sticky notes to summarize key points.
3) Forming study groups to do pub quizzes, picture associations, or term reviews against a clock to test understanding.
This document discusses effective questioning strategies for teachers. It begins by stating that questioning is a key part of the teaching and learning process. It then discusses that teachers can improve their questioning by focusing on question types and strategies. The document separates questions into lower-order and higher-order types. It provides examples of both. Finally, it offers quick strategies teachers can use to improve their questioning, such as increasing wait time, eliminating hands up, think-pair-share, and using mini whiteboards for responses.
The triangular slave trade worked by British ships transporting goods from Europe to West Africa, where they acquired slaves. The ships then carried the enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas, where the slaves were sold. The ships then returned to Europe carrying goods like sugar and tobacco. Conditions on the slave ships were terrible, with millions of Africans dying before and during the grueling Middle Passage. Planters, merchants, ship owners, and those in related industries benefited most economically from the slave trade. Abolitionists like William Wilberforce and campaigns showing the horrors of the slave trade helped end the practice, with Britain officially abolishing the slave trade in 1807.
The document provides instructions for making both a 12-hour and 24-hour clock using paper plates. It describes how to divide the plates into the appropriate time increments and write in the numbers. Color-coded pens are used to notate the minutes and times. The second plate has only its center glued to allow for rotation of the top plate hands. Numbers are written around the edge to create the 24-hour clock. Once completed, the clock can be personalized with decorations.
The document provides instructions for making both a 12-hour and 24-hour clock using paper plates. It explains how to divide the plates into the appropriate number sections and label them with the correct hour/minute markings. Strips of colored paper should then be used to label the hours from 1-12 on one plate and 13-24 on another, which are then attached together to create the full 24-hour clock. The clocks can be personalized by decorating them with themes of choice.
Quick and simple ways to utilise i pads in lessonsDavid Drake
This document provides practical ways to incorporate iPads into lessons with minimal preparation. It addresses common concerns like not all students having iPads by planning group activities. Starter, plenary, and extension ideas are presented that require little preparation, such as using annotation apps for image-based discussion questions or a QR code linking to a video. Apps like ShowMe, WordClouds and Explain Everything are suggested for interactive review and extension activities. Overall, the document advocates for incremental, routine use of iPads to enhance lessons without extensive new resource development.
Inclusion and differentiation in the classroomDavid Drake
This document discusses strategies for differentiation and inclusion in the classroom. It explains that differentiation is meeting students' individual needs through appropriate teaching methods within a group setting. It recommends using a mix of mastery tasks, which all students can achieve, and developmental tasks, which stretch higher-ability students. Mastery tasks involve knowledge and comprehension, can be achieved quickly, and ensure all students experience success. Developmental tasks are more difficult and dependent on prior learning. The document provides examples of each and suggests breaking down complex tasks into scaffolded steps using Bloom's Taxonomy as a learning ladder. It also discusses strategies for supporting student writing, such as writing frames, and ways to improve inclusion, such as using a variety of questioning techniques
UCAS applications - Introduction to students 2014David Drake
The document provides information about the UCAS application process for Year 12 students applying to university in the UK. It discusses key deadlines, including October 15th for applications to medicine/dentistry/veterinary science/Oxford and Cambridge and January 15th for all other courses. The document outlines the application steps, including choosing courses, completing the application form, writing a personal statement, and submitting the application through the school by the relevant deadline. It also provides tips and resources for researching options and preparing a competitive application.
This document provides information to help parents support their son or daughter through the university application process in the UK. It outlines the key steps in the UCAS application journey, including researching options, completing the application, writing a strong personal statement, and receiving and responding to offers. It also describes important application deadlines and explains the options for securing a place at university through confirmation, clearing, or adjustment. The overall goal is to help parents play a supportive role in guiding their child through higher education selection and application.
This document summarizes the options for students applying to Abbeyfield Sixth Form. It outlines three pathways: A-Level, Combined, and Access. The A-Level pathway requires 322 points and allows choice from 23 A-Level subjects. The Combined pathway requires 292 points and combines A-Levels with vocational qualifications. The Access pathway requires 200 points and focuses on vocational subjects. The document provides details on entry requirements, course options, and support available for each pathway. It also advertises an open evening on December 2013 to learn about subject options.
Studying effectively in sixth form requires going beyond just attending classes and doing homework. Students must take responsibility for building on lessons during study periods to be successful. Some effective ways to use study periods include rewriting notes using color; summarizing and organizing key points; researching topics more in depth; creating mind maps; forming study groups; using study periods to do homework; reading textbooks; and using revision websites and creating a live revision guide to add to after each lesson. The document emphasizes that taught lessons are just the starting point and students must be proactive during study periods to cement their knowledge for exams.
Revision techniques student version 2013David Drake
This document provides several techniques for revising for GCSE and A-Level exams, including:
1) Making videos to summarize key points using a whiteboard or paper in an animated style.
2) Repeatedly reducing notes into smaller and smaller summaries to focus on main points.
3) Writing important concepts on sticky notes to place around your environment for frequent review.
4) Using mind maps to organize information and harness your brain's full creative skills.
This document provides various revision techniques for students to use in preparing for exams. It suggests using sticky notes and posters around the room to remind students of important concepts. Mind mapping is recommended as a way to organize information and harness brain power. Exemplar materials and videos can demonstrate high quality answers. Other techniques include summarizing by reducing information in stages, filling in gaps in sample answers, identifying mistakes in sample answers, peer assessment, quizzes, and using mnemonics and imagery to remember concepts. The goal is to engage students through active recall and application of knowledge in different formats.
Inclusion and differentiation in geographyDavid Drake
This document discusses strategies for differentiation and inclusion in the geography classroom. It begins by defining differentiation as teachers selecting teaching methods to match individual student's learning strategies within a group situation. It then provides examples of using mastery and developmental tasks to ensure inclusion. Mastery tasks can be completed by all students and allow weaker learners to succeed, while developmental tasks stretch stronger students. Using a learning ladder breaks down difficult tasks into introductory mastery tasks followed by simpler developmental tasks. This allows all students to progress up Bloom's taxonomy to more difficult skills. The document advocates using strategies like writing frames, exemplars, and breaking down writing assignments to help all students with writing.
The lesson I used during Sept 2012 OfSted inspection observation. Kept it simple and it worked. As mentioned in recent blog article: http://humanitiesastwiltshire.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/ofsted-arrive.html
This document summarizes the GCSE Geography exam board and themes covered for WJEC B. It outlines the 3 themes: 1) Challenges of Living in a Built Environment, 2) Physical Processes & Relationships between people and the environment, and 3) People, Work & Development. Key topics are described within each theme, including urban environments, climate, ecosystems, rivers, coasts, employment, trade, and economic activity. Assessment details are provided, with students taking exams and a controlled assessment worth a total of 100% and support resources available online and through teachers.
This document summarizes the GCSE Geography exam board and themes covered for WJEC B. It outlines the 3 themes: 1) Challenges of Living in a Built Environment, 2) Physical Processes & Relationships between people and the environment, and 3) People, Work & Development. Key topics are listed under each theme such as urbanization, climate change, employment, and trade. The assessment structure is described including exam format, duration, and weighting. Support resources provided by Abbeyfield School to help students succeed are also summarized.
This document outlines plans for an "Olympics Week" at Abbeyfield School from March 27-29, 2012. The week-long event will incorporate the Olympics theme into normal lesson time across subjects for years 7-9. Teachers are asked to identify learning goals and plan activities that relate to both their subject material and the overarching theme of working together courageously to achieve a common goal. Suggestions are made for lessons that either adapt normal material or create new short series of lessons focused on the theme. An opening assembly will kick off the week, and classes will conclude with exit points to demonstrate learning.
1. Making a sustainable house
Coping with a colder climate
Year 7 Hums+
Dangerous World
Abbeyfield School – Humanities
http://abbeyfieldhumanities.blogspot.com
2. Features of a sustainable home for
a cold climate
• Thick insulation
• Solar panels for electricity and heating
• Rain water capture for flushing toilets
• Large windows for natural light
• Wind turbine as renewable energy source
3. The walls, roof and floors
• Mark out 8 squares – all
the same size
• 18cm x 18cm works well
• Carefully cut them out
18cm
18cm
4. Supporting the first floor
• Mark and cut out two
strips of card (15cm long
and 5cm wide)
• Fold them in half
lengthways
• Place them on two of the
pieces of card you cut out
for the walls (make sure
they are half way up the
wall – 9cm)
5cm
15cm
9cm
6. Attaching the walls
• Stick one piece of
blank card to one of
the walls you added
the support to
• Repeat this on the
other side to make
the back and side
walls
7. Attaching the floors
• Turn your box over and
attach another piece of
card to make the floor
• Turn your box back over
• Slide in another piece of
card onto your supports
to make the first floor
8. Ceiling and roof
• Now add the first floor
ceiling by sticking
another piece of card
to the top of the box
• Take your last two
piece of card and
stick them together
using the masking
tape
9. Your completed basic house
• Stick on the roof
using two piece of
masking tape
• Congratulations!
You now have your
basic house
10. Showing your sustainable house ideas
• Glue your house onto the middle of a piece of card
• Now add your ideas to the model to make it into a house that can cope with
a cold climate
How could you show insulation, solar panels, wind turbine etc?
Have a go at making additions for your house
• Describe and explain your ideas on the card you have stuck the house on
Your house
Card base