One large sheet of
poster board 24in by 36in |
A piece of cardboard or
thin plywood about 9in by 9in
to be used as "land" for the building. |
Several sheets of plain
white printer paper for the preliminary sketches |
Five or Six sheets of
good white drawing
paper, at least 9in
by 12in for the elevations |
At least four sheets of
large, 11in by 18in, white paper
for the nets. |
Sharp Pencil
(mechanical pencil works best) Ball Point
Pen of a different color |
A ruler
calibrated in cm or in depending upon your chosen scale |
A compass
with a sharp point |
A protractor
(the large clear plastic ones work best for this) |
Scissors |
White
glue |
A piece of carbon
paper to transfer the net designs
|
A
folder of some sort to keep the sketches, elevations, and
nets safe (even a folded piece of large paper will work here) |
Tape
to secure the net design when they are transfered to the posterboard |
Four sheets of notebook
paper or compostiotion paper to show the math for the surface
areas and volumes of each net. |
All sorts of decorative
materials (see the
list of bonus materials ) |