Great, thanks for sharing. Neat idea of using engineering facts about well known monuments, to create class projects. I have included the Great Wall of China in an assignment on power functions.
A favorite group project of mine with an International focus is the multi-continent travel problem. This is in Contemporary Math, where I teach graph theory. Students are given a task of planning a world trip to 5 cities on 5 continents and finding the shortest round trip path between them. Essentially, they are solving a Hamiltonian circuit problem with 5 vertices. But they get to choose the cities, find the distances between them and solve the problem by 3 prescribed ways. Later they present their results to the whole class, adding fun facts. It is a huge learning experience for many students. They discover new cites, are fascinated by the foreign travel scenario. I also add a requirement that no two groups can use the same city. So, in a class with 5 groups, we get to hear about 25 world cities. Working in a group is less intimidating. It is a lot of fun and reinforces the methods of solving Hamiltonian circuits.
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Manisha Ranade
Santa Fe College
Gainesville FL
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-11-2021 14:10
From: Karen Gaines
Subject: IMPACT in Action - Places Across the Globe
My travels are more local, but I created activities centered around engineering marvels here in the US - Hoover Dam, Golden Gate Bridge, St. Louis Arch, and the Washington Monument. The activities are geometry applications.
Engineering Marvels document
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Karen Gaines
myAMATYC Online Community Coordinator
Professor Emeritus - St. Louis CC-Meramec
Kirkwood MO
Original Message:
Sent: 02-11-2021 14:06
From: Manisha Ranade
Subject: IMPACT in Action - Places Across the Globe
1)There are famous monuments all around the world. Are you inspired to create Math problems using them?
2)Do you love traveling? How do you include travel experiences in your assignments?
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Manisha Ranade
Santa Fe College
Gainesville FL
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