How to make a flood-proof house

By Anonymous -
Hello there!

From a few days before, we have been creating models of a flood-proof house. We used our prior knowledge and texts from of a book, called 'Building for the Future'. It was about a country, Samoa, had been massacred by typhoons and other disasters. So the chief, and some people who came to Samoa discussed about how they are going to survive more storms. After we made the model, we labelled and analysed it. Next time I want to cover the strips with short walls. I thought that Samoa was a nice, tropical island where they enjoy their life. But I realised that they experienced lots of storms.  We explained the purposes of features that the house has. Here is mine, there are labels for you to understand. 

This is the house I made.







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  1. CherylAugust 31, 2018 at 9:13 PM

    Aspiring to be a future engineer just your dad! Keep up the good work Kar! Can't wait for your next blog, they are so interesting to read!

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