ABSTRACT
This chapter offers an interdisciplinary project in which students integrate content: from science, math, engineering, art, and technology to create a working miniature golf course. For older students, the instruction stresses generating hypotheses, validating them through mathematical proofs, and integrating more complex content from the different domains. From a science/engineering perspective, students will need to use the scientific method by formulating hypotheses about the outcomes derived from manipulating variables. People with strong visual-spatial intelligence are typically very good at visualizing and mentally manipulating objects and symbols. Regardless of students' ages, throughout the unit, they discover the patterns, principles, and formulae they need though hands-on trials of tentative constructions. Students are continually guided to improve their designs until they have durable products that meet the requirements.
