Write up
Building a Dollhouse
By Jose Reynoso-Zimmerer
When I interviewed my kid, I asked her what her favorite show is. Her answer was barbie. I then asked her if she had a favorite princess, she again said barbie. Well, what better toy to build her then a barbie! So I started designing but soon realized that building a barbie out of cardboard would have a creepy outcome, so I decided to build a dollhouse made for barbies or dolls. The doll house is made out of thin wood, so it was difficult to put it together. I had to use wooden blocks to screw the screws in, without splitting the wood. For me, building the house was the hardest. What I learned through this project was that drawing/making 3D shapes isn’t as easy as it looks. I got burned several times using the hot glue gun, while glueing the couch,bed,tv, etc together. Finding the area and volume was the easiest part for me. Since I like doing math, finding the volume and area was the easiest. The difference between area and volume is, area is used to measure two dimensional objects or a face on a three dimensional object. Volume is length times width times height and is used to measure how much stuff can fit inside the object.
By Jose Reynoso-Zimmerer
When I interviewed my kid, I asked her what her favorite show is. Her answer was barbie. I then asked her if she had a favorite princess, she again said barbie. Well, what better toy to build her then a barbie! So I started designing but soon realized that building a barbie out of cardboard would have a creepy outcome, so I decided to build a dollhouse made for barbies or dolls. The doll house is made out of thin wood, so it was difficult to put it together. I had to use wooden blocks to screw the screws in, without splitting the wood. For me, building the house was the hardest. What I learned through this project was that drawing/making 3D shapes isn’t as easy as it looks. I got burned several times using the hot glue gun, while glueing the couch,bed,tv, etc together. Finding the area and volume was the easiest part for me. Since I like doing math, finding the volume and area was the easiest. The difference between area and volume is, area is used to measure two dimensional objects or a face on a three dimensional object. Volume is length times width times height and is used to measure how much stuff can fit inside the object.