This resource is a step by step guide on how to draw a 500mm Passive Wall, it also includes a strip foundation and a heavily insulated concrete floor
View full descriptionStrand: Superstructure
Strand unit: External Walls
Suggestions for use: Teachers should use this as a guide to a Passive Wall. This can be printed out for students to use and it also encourages independent learning in the classroom.
This resource is a series of worksheets and exam paper questions based on the Passive External Walls Notes. Students will be able to practise exam paper techniques and improve their sketching skills
View full descriptionStrand: Superstructure
Strand unit: External Walls
Suggestions for use: Teacher can use this resource as a guide towards the student's progress in the topic. Students should spend time on these worksheets as they are excellent study for the Leaving Cert exam
This resource is a guide through external walls mainly Concrete Cavity Walls. This goes through functions and properties of wall types
View full descriptionStrand: Superstructure
Strand unit: External Walls
Suggestions for use: Teachers can use this resource as a presentation or they can print out this document as a guide for students
This resource is a step by step document on how to draw a Passive Concrete Cavity Wall Opening with an External High Performance Door. It shows how to create a Door Lintel to a scale of 1:5 and also a very detailed step by step to creating the Door Threshold to a Scale of 1:10
View full descriptionStrand: Superstructure
Strand unit: Doors
Suggestions for use: Teachers can project this document and can go through each individual step to creating both drawings. The teacher could also print out this document for each student, so each student can work at their own pace. A good extension task would be to draw both details to 1:10 on one page. One above the other so the student will have created a Full Door opening
This document is a work sheet based on the notes and step by step drawing. This resources assesses students on their knowledge of this topic. It has a range of questions from notes based questions to missing indexing
View full descriptionStrand: Superstructure
Strand unit: Doors
Suggestions for use: Teachers should print this document out and use it as a homework or revision task on the Door's topic. Teachers should use this type of worksheet after each Scale drawing. The student should attempt this worksheet without looking at any notes
This resource is a guide through external walls mainly Concrete Cavity Walls. This goes through functions and properties of wall types
View full descriptionStrand: Superstructure
Strand unit: External Walls
Suggestions for use: Teachers can use this resource as a presentation or they can print out this document as a guide for students
This resource is a step by step guide on how to draw a Passive Concrete Cavity wall with a Triple Glazed Window. It goes through two drawings a Window Lintel and Window Cill
View full descriptionStrand: Superstructure
Strand unit: Windows
Suggestions for use: Teachers can use this as a guide to teaching a passive wall opening to students. This could also be printed out for students so they can draw at their own pace.
This resource is a worksheet based on Passive Concrete Wall openings. The student will be assessed in all areas including notes and sketch based tasks.
View full descriptionStrand: Superstructure
Strand unit: Windows
Suggestions for use: Teachers should use this resource before attempting the scale drawings on Wall openings. This resource is very useful as it reaffirms the learning. This resource could also be printed to A3 size and used as a Study poster
This resource is a guide to Passive Concrete Cavity Wall openings. In this resource we look at thermal bridging and its effects of U value also Window Lintels and Cills
View full descriptionStrand: Superstructure
Strand unit: Windows
Suggestions for use: Teachers should us this resource as a guide to the passive wall with triple glazing. Teachers should give this document to students as a study guide to Wall openings
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