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Building our House
Step By Step Instructions:
1. Cut out rectangles. The long sides are 8.5 cm and the short sides are 4cm.
2. Cut out 2 hexagons. Each side must be 4.5 cm.
3. Cut out 3 squares. Each side must be 4cm.
4. Cut out trapezoids. One side must be 4cm and the opposite side must be 8cm. The remaining two sides must also be 4cm.
5. Take one hexagon and lay it flat on the table. Take 5 trapezoids and stick them on only of the 5 sides.
6. On the 6th side stick a square.
7. Over the square bend a rectangle to make a kind of tunnel.
8. Stick a rectangle to each of the trapezoids.
NOTE: The rectangles must be upright to make a kind of box.
9. You will see that there is a hole where the tunnel is. Stick two squares they must be upright next to the tunnel then bend them over and stick them to the top of the tunnel.
10. Put 5 trapezoids on the rectangles. Stick them on slightly slanted so they form a hole the shape of a hexagon.
11. Fill that hole with a hexagon.
12. You will see one more hole above the tunnel. Cut out the same shape and stick it on the hole.
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The house looks like an igloo and is designed for cold climates. It could be located somewhere like Greenland.
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Design Specifications
Appearance
The house looks like an igloo. Except that it is made out of different tiles. The base of the house is shaped like a dome. The roof looks like the pattern a soccer ball has on it. The entrance looks cave or tunnel entering the house.
Climate
The house is designed for a cold and snowy climate. The entrance and the roof was designed so that the snow doesn't lay on top of the house. Otherwise it would have to much pressure on top of the house. The house should be located somewhere cold such as Greenland but not too cold like the North Pole or the South Pole.
Design Layout
In our house we have used a square, a rectangle, a hexagon and a trapezoid. The house has twelve , five rectangles, four squares and two hexagons. A The house has twenty-one edges and fourteen vertices.
Bibliography
For our background research we used The Oxford Children's Encyclopedia. For pictures in our original report we used Chinese brocurues.
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