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NAGC 57th Annual Convention & Exhibition
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S.T.E.A.M.: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math in the Construction of a Miniature Golf Course
Track : Math and Science
Program Code: 650
Date: Friday, November 12, 2010
Time: 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM  EST
Room: C212
CO-PRESENTER :
Susan Stonequist, Math Teacher, Sunset Ridge School District 29
PRESENTER :
Kenneth Smith, Director of Enrichment, Sunset Ridge School District 29
Description
This workshop presents the steps for teaching an interdisciplinary project in which students integrate science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) to create a miniature golf course. Students will view the principles of these disciplines as one large body of content. (De Vinci called this integrated body of knowledge "philosophy.") To design the golf course students begin by creating the set of 12 pentominoes and learning to generate hypotheses. They then validate these hypotheses by developing mathematical proofs and collecting data. Once their designs meet the given scientific, artistic, and mathematical criteria, students build the golf course.


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(Code: 650)
Attendee: Free
  
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