Make A Million - Maths Housing Design Project

This is a great activity I have run with classes from year 7 to year 10, and one that they all seem to love. The aim is to develop a plot of land into a housing development to try and make the most possible profit, whilst also creating a desirable place to live. I usually run it over four lessons giving groups the opportunity to create their designs and then work on computers to put together brochures and business plans. I have had some incredible outcomes, including a group one year who created a virtual 3D model of their estate using some online design software.

I have included:

-Powerpoint covering the main rules.

• Development plot handout.
• Rule summary handout sheet.
• Budget tracker handout. (This is an excel file, but is currently not a working spreadsheet. It might make a nice additional task, getting pupils to write the formulas so calculations are done automatically.)

Great for end of year projects and to get groups applying some real life maths and some tough decision making.