
Theme: This Old House
Grades: 6-12
Description: Students learn how historic preservation, an important architectural specialization and career track, can be green. Topics include: LEED certification, historic preservation, adapting existing buildings to be more energy efficient, identifying eco-friendly building materials, and sustainable landscape design through the use of native flora.
Activities:
Introduction by Museum staff about historic preservation and LEED (15 min.)
Tour of Coral Gables Museum highlighting LEED initiatives led by Museum staff (40 min.)
Historic Downtown Walking Tour (40 min.)
Art Activity: Restore, Renovate, Update and Repurpose an Old House (30 min.)
Duration: 2 hours
Site: Coral Gables Museum
Fee: $10 per student, group size: 20-60