Description
Real Estate Career Simulation: Flip a House Project lets middle schoolers see how real estate investors purchase, improve, and resell homes for a profit. Utilizing Microsoft Word and Excel, students “purchase” a home of choice from a list and then determine the improvements they want to make to it, all while staying within their budget. Then, they design the home, using Web 2.0 tools (www.floorplanner.com or www.homestyler.com ) or Sketchup (a free download available at: http://www.sketchup.com/download ). Finally, students use Microsoft Word to prepare a one-page sale flyer for their renovated home. Note: This lesson is intended for beginning Excel users and was created using Microsoft Excel 2016. It is easily adaptable for different versions.
Files Included with this Lesson
• Teacher Notes and Resources
• Home Purchase & Improvement Choices Lesson Instructions, Expectations and Grading Rubric
• Choices Worksheet (editable Microsoft Word version and .pdf)
• Excel Budget Creation Lesson Instructions, Expectations and Grading Rubric
• Excel Budget Sample (editable Microsoft Excel file and .pdf)
• Floor Plan Creation and House Design Project Instructions, Expectations and Grading Rubric
• Floor Plan and Design Samples
• Selling Brochure Project Instructions, Expectations and Grading Rubric
• Sample Brochure
Total Pages: 16
Teaching Duration: 2 weeks
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