Treetop hut is a guided activity where students work together three by three. Students are allowed to be creative and inventive when they create a treetop hut for a specific user. Through several creative moves, they further develop their ideas before building the treetop hut with the materials that are available. The purpose of this teaching program is to carry out a design process and create a product that is adapted to a defined user.

Description of the lesson:

A supervisor will meet the students at the reception and take the class to the classroom. 

Introduction (10 minutes)

• The students sit together in groups of three.  
• The students will see different types of treehouses and be introduced to the creative method that will be used throughout the lesson. 

Main part (80 min)

• The groups are given different cards that say something about how the treetop hut should be designed, for whom it should be built and what materials must be included. 
• The groups build their treetop hut with the available materials 

Closing (20 min)

• The students clean and sort materials that can be reused and that are to be thrown away 
• The groups set up their cabin in the exhibition area and give a short presentation of their treetop cabin 
• The group can take the cabin home if desired