Mission Statement

Congratulations, and thank you for accepting this challenging yet worthwhile mission. You and your team's mission will be broken into 5 parts. However, before we begin, please watch the following short video clips to get you and your team excited about todays mission and the endless possibilities of your ideas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2bYPFKlKeo 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xcbY1hqo9c

PROCESS:

Below you will find your tasks. Each of these tasks must be completed in order to successfully complete the mission. These five tasks are as followed:

1. Research environmentally friendly/ green architecture. You and your team should investigate and document your responses on the following ideas: what are some examples of eco friend homes? What made them so successful? How can you make your dream home self sufficient (i.e energy). You and your team will be required to show examples of other eco- friendly homes and be able to explain why they are successful in their design. Furthermore, it is important for you and your team to be able to reflect and argue why building a green home is important!
2. Once your team has completed task one and research how to make homes environmentally friendly, please write a definition of what you and your team believe is a eco-friendly home.
3. Specific details. Location-Where is your home being built?  Weather- what type of environment will it be in? Design- you and your team will have to create a floor plan of your design. In addition to the floor plan, you and your team should  draw the facade of your eco-friend home.
4. Next, you and your team should also research ways to decorate your home with eco-friendly furniture. Perhaps even design some furniture of yourself, using recyclable material. 
5. Once you and your team have completed the tasks above, the last part of the mission is to present your idea as if you were trying to "sell" or "pitch" your idea to a client to buy. Therefore, you and your team should work on a presentation that is creative and displays your design and research for this mission.

Now, here are some links below to help you on your quest.

RESOURCES

http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/sustainable_architecture.htm

http://www.ecomall.com/biz/construc.htm

www.google.com

link to green architecture sites

GOOD LUCK ON YOUR MISSION!

EVALUATION

Each team will be evaluated on your work by the presentation you do to the class. After each presentation, the class will have a discussion on the teams creative ideas. This will be a time for positive feedback and discussion. Furthermore, this webquest relies on team work, therefore students must work together to create a successful project. Therefore, evaluation will also be determined through how a team works with each other. 

TEACHERS PAGE

Building the home of your "green", is a beneficial webquest for students to understand the learn about how they can help make the world more environmentally beneficial. This webquest encourages your students to do research on their own, and to be innovated and creative with their design of the home of the "green". This webquest incorporates, research, design, team work, and presentation skills all of which are life lessons and essential skills. Student's should understand how they can make a difference with the environment, and through this webquest, they will learn how to do so.