The Wheel Thing: Connecting Science and Math through Design Technology
A NOW Project
presented by the Appalachian State University Math Science Education Center
 

Instructor: Jeff Goodman, Appalachian State University Department of Curriculum and Instruction

This two-day workshop gave participants the opportunity to design, build and test rolling vehicles, and then to devise ways of modifying these vehicles so they would be self-propelled.  The activities integrated math, science and design technology with computer technology, as the participants used spreadsheets to chart and graph data and web pages to publish their results.

Participant Web Pages:

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Relevant Math and Science Strands from the North Carolina Curriculum