Building & Design
Climate-Smart Tiny Home
Ages: 11–12
Design a compact home and explain two choices that respond to its climate.
- Suggested grade bands
- 4th grade
- Subject
- Design & drawing
- Difficulty
- Challenge
Try this activity
Choose a pretend place: sunny and hot, cool and rainy, or windy. Sketch a small home with two rooms, an entrance, and an outdoor area. Add two design choices for that place, label them, and explain one benefit and one trade-off.
You need
This printed page and a pencil; colored pencils are optional.
Grown-up safety note
Keep the design on paper. Any real construction, weather research, or site visit needs a responsible adult.
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