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Luke Dowell – Presenterluke.dowell@sccc.eduSCCC/ATS Math and Science Teacher’s WorkshopWednesday, September 21, 2011
Challenge students with extended projects in math and engineering.
Science Fairs Looks good on College Applications Develop problem solving and
inquisitive habits of mind
Discover/explore divisibility rules Invent methods to do mental math Investigate other numbering systems
(other than base 10) Investigate three dimensional space and
the fourth dimension Investigate polar coordinates Determine how a slide rule works, invent
a different tool for making calculations
How many pairs of rabbits will be produced in a year, beginning with a single pair, if in every month each pair bears a new pair which becomes productive from the second month on?
Fibonacci Sequence – PRIME http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/fibonac/index.asp
Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Sequence
http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fib.html
Greensburg Museum http://www.kansas.com/2011/09/19/2023310/big-well-museum-breaks-ground.html
13 year old Solar Innovator http://greenanswers.com/news/257967/13-year-old-solar-innovator-models-design-
after-mother-nature
Mathematics Science Fair Projects and Experiments - http://www.juliantrubin.com/mathematicsprojects.html
Science Buddies Math Science Fair Project Ideas - http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/Intro-Math.shtml
Ask Dr. Math – http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/sets/high_projects.html
Math Forum -http://mathforum.org/teachers/mathproject.html
Canadian Mathematical Society Math Projects - http://cms.math.ca/Education/mpsf/
All Science Fair Projects –http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/category41.html
Math Research Project Ideas - http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~tony/und_res_projects.html
Louisiana State Science Fair Ideas - http://www.lasciencefair.org/ideas.htm#Mathematics
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/CE_p015.shtml
About.com science fair ideas - http://chemistry.about.com/od/sciencefairprojectideas/a/engineeringproj.htm
Science Buddies - http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/landing-engineering.shtml?gclid=CL_WoL3bv5wCFZQM2godDyBpnA
All Science Fair Projects - http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/category33.html
Louisiana State Science Fair Ideas - http://www.lasciencefair.org/ideas.htm#Engineering
Sports Engineering Ideas - http://www.juliantrubin.com/fairprojects/engineering/sportsengineering.html