All 10th Grade Golf Project
In the High Tech Hole in One Mini Golf Project we got the opportunity to build an 18 hole miniature golf course. In order to do this we split into teams of around 5-6. Each team was in charge of researching one historical event or court case (depending on the team you were on) and building one hole on the course based off that topic. In these teams we collaborated and worked on all aspects of the project together including, the videos, researching, and building our hole.
Humanities
In the Humanities portion of this project we got to choose a historical topic and research about it as a group. My group decided to research about the industrial revolution. The first step was to have a deep understand of our event so we could properly move forward. Then we wrote the "what" and "so what" of the industrial revolution, which you can read below. The "what" is a general paragraph that states the main idea of the Industrial Revolution and the "so what" is the big idea of the Revolution, and how it affected every aspect of our world. Next, individually we got to pick inventions that attributed to todays advanced technological progress. I researched Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, you can read more about it in the file below.
What
The Industrial Revolution began in England in the late 1700s as a result of the Agricultural Revolution. The Agricultural Revolution transformed the sufficiency of farming, which increased the amount of food and the population of Britain. This revolution transitioned between hand, human, and animal powered tools to machines. In order to create these machines, England needed raw materials such as iron and coal from natural land deposits. The use of machines in the Industrial Revolution increased the production of goods through new inanimate energy sources, thus increasing social and economic standards of daily life for citizens. This led to the rise of capitalism and in response, communism. England’s new innovations and ideas were the beginnings of technological progress that spread throughout Europe and the world. |
So What
While the Industrial Revolution inspired relevant and useful technology it had negative short term effects on living and working conditions. The positive outcomes include technological progress, increased production of goods, and expanded educational opportunities. The Industrial Revolution taught us that a competitive industry constantly produces new inventions. Compared to the technology of the 18th century, our modern technology is highly advanced. We can thank the Industrial Revolution for motivating us to strive for technological progress. |
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Multimedia
In multimedia we started out by picking out names and created logos for the project. We learnt about the traits of creating a well designed logo, which are: simple, memorable, timeless, versatile, and appropriate. My logos are below. Next we split up into 4 different beutifying groups:
- Humanities: To organize all the humanities info in a neat simplified and organized way. This included a paragraph from each individuals essay, the "What" and "So What," and a description of the obstacles in the course.
- Math: This groups job was to make all the stands to hold up the humanities boards for all 18 holes and organizing and printing the math blueprints.
- Art and Marketing: In charge of beautifying all the class rooms with decorations, marketing the exhibition, creating the score sheets, and creating the 19th hole snack shack.
- Video/Documentary: This was my group, and our job was to create videos for each hole explaining the history of the course. In order to do this we created a template and example of what we wanted from other groups to fill in their information. Than we used a green screen and final cut pro to edit an interview of the historical character being interviewed on their actual course. For the documentary we filmed the process of the project and combined it into a beautiful video.
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Building Process
During the building process we were in charge of building the entire golf course. The supplies included: wood base board, turf, felt, wood trim, and wood glue. Then we had to individually build our obstacle. I chose to build a giant punch card because that is what imputed the data into the analytical engine. This part of the project seemed simple, but it was surprisingly time consuming.
Course Obstacles
Each person was required to build an obstacle that represented their individual historical figure or event, to go onto the golf course. Because my groups topic was the industrial revolution we all decided to research inventions that had an impact on our modern world.
1.) The first obstacle you come across is the telephone which is shown through wood blocks. This represents the pattern of sound waves going from phone to phone.
2.) Up next are the two tunnels (one of them is shown in this image) which symbolizes Europe’s and America’s use of locomotives. This obstacle represents Europe’s success and America’s struggles with locomotives. |
3.) Next is the obstacle that I researched and and built, the analytical engine which is shown through the ramps and giant punch card. In 1834, Charles Babbage designed the analytical engine or the first programmable computer. This is represented by a giant punch card which the golf ball must go through or around.
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4.) The fourth obstacle is the hill and tunnel which expresses the radio. The radio helped news travel quickly which is shown through the down side of the hill; rather than it spreading by word of mouth and without information being jumbled and compromised along the way which is shown through the up side of the hill.
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Reflection
I feel like we have all been in those groups where you're the only one doing all the work. Well I have been in my fair share of then. And because of this I personally find the need to sometimes take over on projects and have a hard time sharing the responsibility. But for the miniature golf project my experience was the exact opposite. I feel like my group worked really well together and we balanced out our strengths and weaknesses. Even though this was a very stressful project it was very rewarding watching everyone have so much fun at exhibition.