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