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Refresh your Vocabulary As a Class, let’s refresh our memory on a few key words: Building Materials Quantity vs. Quantity Survey Estimate Square footage Volume vs. Area Scale factor Foot, Inch, Yard, Cubic, Square, Etc… Common Denominator, Rounding, Fraction, Mixed Number, etc... Yes, these are “math” terms! UNT in partnership with TEA. Copyright ©. All rights reserved.TRANSCRIPT
ESTIMATING MATERIAL QUANTITY
Principles of Architecture and Construction
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Starter/Bell Ringer Activity
Students, please take your seats with your assigned Teams.
Delegate 1 Team Member to be today’s Team Leader.
As a group, come up with an answer to this Question:What do all these cardboard boxes have
in common? Be prepared to share this with the class.
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Refresh your Vocabulary As a Class, let’s refresh our memory on a
few key words: Building Materials Quantity vs. Quantity Survey Estimate Square footage Volume vs. Area Scale factor Foot, Inch, Yard, Cubic, Square, Etc… Common Denominator, Rounding, Fraction,
Mixed Number, etc... Yes, these are “math” terms!
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Let’s start with our Student Teams With your Team, you will follow the
Handout. You will answer all 6 questions.
You will first answer all 6 questions using a Cardboard Box for measurements.
You will then answer all 6 questions again using the simple house floor plan handouts.
When your Team has answered all the questions, you will proceed on to the Individual Assignment.
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Let’s work on our own now On your own, you will follow the
instructions at the end of the Handout. You will need a piece of graph paper.
You will answer all 3 questions. Write all your calculations and
computations out to receive full credit. When you finish the assignment, turn it
in.
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Wrap Up and Summary 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 do we know what unit we are using? How do we know what unit we should be using? Can we convert to that unit if we need to? How? What other materials need to be measured?
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