Week Two

Today we are designing, planning and getting started.  Building your mini-golf hole is a process: imagine, plan, make, evaluate, and improve your project.   We’ll tackle the first two of these today, imagine and plan.  

4:00 pm   Student Entrance Survey 

4:30 pm Divide into teams and brainstorm

Imagine your project

A good place to start is picking a theme and doing some rough sketches.

Check the internet for inspiration

Project Make It Video

Caine’s Arcade

CastleGolf Gallery

Pinterest

29 Automata projects

5 pm   Plan your project

Start by laying out and sketching the design. Use the layout page to draw your overall shape and features. Make a list of materials. Divide up jobs.

Here is a great breakdown of the planning stage

5:30 pm    Grab some cardboard and build a mini-mockup of your plan.