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In your blog, explain what an architecet does and how math is involved. Include links in your blog to images of your favorite buildings/sites. Save links in your delicious account like [] Class of 2011's Blogs []

Class of 2010's Blogs [] [] Eportfolio [|http://www.RCampus.com/?xsite=tstonie11.W95260] [] || Evidence of 2 accounts Delicious - add to network Blog - Follow

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Comments on your classmates blog by: *Asking a question*Sharing an insight you gained by reading their post*Offering an opinion*Noting similarities or differences in their post ||
 * Week of 2/1 || Research the field of Architecture
 * Week of 2/1 || Research the field of Architecture

1) What sub-categories exist in the field? city planning community planning regional planning Interior Architecture landscape architecture [] environmental design architectural technology architectural history

2) What schooling is required to be an Architect? [] []

3) What careers are available within the field of architecture? What licenses are requried for each? Senior Architect Architect Senior Architectural Technician Senior Architectural Technologist Architectural Technician <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Architectural Technologist <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Trainee Architectural Technician <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Trainee Architectural Technologist <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Architect - Part 2 <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Architect - Part 1 <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Interior Designer <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">CAD Technician || After reseaching the 3 items on the left, summarize the ones you feel you would be most interested in and find a college with a degree in that field.

Post your summary to your blog with links.

Comments on your classmates blog by: *Asking a question*Sharing an insight you gained by reading their post*Offering an opinion*Noting similarities or differences in their post As time permits, begin to design a floor plan of your bedroom following the 3 steps at

@http://www.math-kitecture.com/floor.htm

For our first floor plan/CAD we will use Powerpoint's graph

@http://www.math-kitecture.com/mspowerpoint.htm

This should introduce us to the process and symbols in an environment we are familiar with. ||
 * Week of 2/8 || Conitnue to look at the college you highlighted. Is a porfolio required? When is the early admission deadline?

In Powerpoint, make a floor plan of your bedroom based on the 3 steps in [] (do you bedroom not classroom).

Samples from previous years: [] []

2) Research several timelines of architectural styles. Using sites such as: [] and [] and combine them into your own timeline. || Respond to individual posts I made on your blog about the specifc colleges.

Export the powerpoint slide as an image (Save as - JPEG) and post to your blog. Be sure to include the math (scale factors, area, etc)!

Comments on your classmates blog by: *Asking a question*Sharing an insight you gained by reading their post*Offering an opinion*Noting similarities or differences in their post || []
 * Week of 2/22 || 1) Find an online Architectural Dictionary and add to your delicious account (like

2) You noted the first time period: Neolithic Architecture(10,0000-3,000 B.C.) Find information on: *time period *materials used *major features of structures*examples from this period - add images to your blog 3) See if Google SketchUp is on the computer you use in the library and download Google SketchUp on your home comptuer. If it is not on the library machine, I will put in a tech request for installation. Stop by my room for a GoogleSketch Up binder. (I think you may have this Tucker) 4) Experiment with Google SketchUp Watch Videos at: []
 * Create 3D model of your home - "Home Sweet Home" in binder
 * Convert your bedroom floorplan into a 3D model using "Go Your Room" in binder

Plug In for Volume: [] || Delicious Link

Blog Posting of timeline and Neolithic Period

Comments on your classmates blog by: *Asking a question*Sharing an insight you gained by reading their post*Offering an opinion*Noting similarities or differences in their post

What is google Sketch up [] []

Download at: [] ||
 * Week of 2/28 || 1) Research Eqyptian Architecture:
 * Time Period
 * Materials Used
 * Major Features of Structures
 * Examples from this time period
 * The first architect: Imhotep: []

You may also want to watch the History Channel video - Eqypt:Engineering an Empire: []+# (also in Netflix if you have that)

Continue work on Google Sketch Up and see if you can post an image by Friday of either your house or your room. || Blog Posting of Eqyptian Architecture

Comments on your classmates blog by: *Asking a question*Sharing an insight you gained by reading their post*Offering an opinion*Noting similarities or differences in their post

If you finish, take a screen shot by position the view in Google Sketch Up, then together press the SHIFT and PRINTSCREEN keys (up by number lock). This places an image on the clip board. Open Paint and paste. Crop as needed and save as an image. Upload to your flick account. My House: [] My Room: []


 * This may take more than one week - just have fun and experiment!

If you finish, take a screen shot by position the view in Google Sketch Up, then together press the SHIFT and PRINTSCREEN keys (up by number lock). This places an image on the clip board. Open Paint and paste. Crop as needed and save as an image. Upload to your flick account.

My House: [] My Room: [] ||
 * Week of 3/7 || 1) Research Classical Architecture - which includes Greek, Hellenistic and Roman Architecture:


 * Time Period
 * Materials Used
 * Major Features of Structures
 * Examples from this time period
 * Famous architects from this time period

2) Continue working with Google SketchUp to create hour house and meet with Creating Hartford Class if needed

3) Explore [] or similiar sites as a possible place to create an online e-portfolio of your work. || Blog Posting of Classical Architecture Comments on your classmates blog by: *Asking a question*Sharing an insight you gained by reading their post*Offering an opinion*Noting similarities or differences in their post ||
 * Week of 3/14 || 1) Research Gothic Architecture - which includes Romanesque and Gothic

2) Continue to work with Google SketchUp and using digital images for the sides of buildings. Can you add one to your house? || Blog Posting of Gothic Architecture

Comments on your classmates blog by: *Asking a question*Sharing an insight you gained by reading their post*Offering an opinion*Noting similarities or differences in their post ||
 * Week of 3/21 || 1) Research Renaissance Architecture

2) Architect/Technical Drawing a) Research the drawings Architects are supposed to make by hand [] []

b) Free Online Course [] Go through each lesson a. Getting Started b. Body of the House c. Doors & Windows d. A little clean up e. Getting ready to finish the rest of the house f. Lettering g. Dimensioning h. Labeling || Blog Posting ||
 * Week of 3/28 || 1) Research Romantism/ Baroque Architecture

2) Continue with Free Online Course above ||  ||
 * Week of 4/4 || 1) Research Neoclassical Architecture

2) Start second Google Sketch Up House || 2) Start Online Drafting School at [] using user name and password I gave you. ||
 * Week of 4/11 || 1) Research Art Nouveau

2) Begin Bridge Strcture analysis. Post a summary. || [] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">[] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">[] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">[] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">[] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">[] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">[] ||
 * Week of 4/25 || 1) Research Arts & Crafts Architecture

2) Research skyscrapters and post a summary

3) Continue with re-do of your house with images || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">[] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">[] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">[] ||
 * Week 5/2 || 1) Research International Architecture

2) Decide on bridge or skyscrapter project or cad project - outline plan in blog

3) Continue with re-do of your house with images || CAD: [] || 2) Update on bridge project [] ||  || Job Shadow at Benwell Architects (On green in Lebanon, NH) 9-1 [] || CAD: [] ||
 * Week 5/9 || Research <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Bauhaus Architecture
 * Contact with Emily Lafasciano
 * Materials needed? Can I help? ||  ||
 * Week 5/16 || Research Post Modern Architecture ||  ||
 * Week 5/23 || Research the Architect Frank Lloyd Wright
 * Week 5/31 || Research green Architecture ||  ||
 * Week 6/6 || Research an Architect of your choice. ||  ||
 * Week 6/13 || Begin Fina Exam Project - Digital Portfolio ||  ||
 * || Last year his was in April, I have an email in to them to see if they are doing it again this year.