The Implementation of Animation (Computer Software) in Teaching Sustainable Architecture (Education for Sustainability) with Specific Reference to the Sun‪.‬

Design and Visual Communication - Passive Solar Architectural design (Sustainable Architecture):  

Extend sustainability practice into the classroom beyond recycling, repurposing, waste management, worm farms, and composting. Introduce sustainable architecture! For children and students of 8 years of age and up. Teachers will benefit from this research! New to SketchUp? Teachers and educators, watch a couple of tutorials and away you go.

This book contains research information on Animation tools (Sketch Up Computer Aided Design Tools) as well as additional information on sustainable architectural design for young children and students. The author is an experienced Design and Visual Communication teacher with over 28 years of teaching experience. 

In this book, he shares his research results with Secondary School students. The author includes hints, tips and other relevant information, which will benefit teachers and students in the architectural design processes. 

Primary school, intermediate and secondary school teachers and students will benefit from this book. For Primary and Intermediate School students and teachers the book goes beyond sustainability concepts like worm farms, composting, and vegetable gardens. The tools discussed here are Sketch Up computer-aided design tools (digital sketching). The software is free to download and very user-friendly (Sketch Up Make). A Professional version of the software is available at an annual registration fee (Pro version). Students as young as 8 to 10 years of age will be able to master the programme. It is a very user-friendly programme, and students will design within minutes after watching the first SketchUp tutorial.