1. Miniature Golf Project
Your group represents a golf course design and construction company
There will be 6 members per group with the following responsibilities
Course Designer
Consulting
Hole Designer
Accounting
Marketing
Technical Support
4 days on project, all in C-10
Worth 2.5% of grade
Make up the groups myself
Teach some basic PowerPoint and Excel in C-10, and show how to construct a sample hole
Make assessment better – ask Karin how she does it

2. Course Designer
Make nine holes on Geometer’s Sketchpad, each as a separate sketch
Find area, perimeter, and direct distance to hole for each one
Be sure not to count interior edges between different areas
Use color
“Pocket” diameter is 3in., but you can use a point in the sketch
Show the scale for each hole
Assume all holes are flat
Make overall course map showing all holes
Use dilations and reflections to put all holes together
Show the scale used
Don’t worry about area between holes (or cost of constructing that area)

3. Consulting List geometry standards used in making of course
Work alongside course designer to show hole-in-one route with a dotted line
Adjust hole shape if necessary
You should always make it possible to get a hole-in-one
Use reflections
Decide on realistic par for each hole (at least 2)

4. Sample Hole 1 Area (with “pocket”) = 32.27 sq.ft Perimeter = 35.91ft
Distance = 10.58ft
Par 2

5. Sample Hole 2 Area (with “pocket”) = 33.62 sq.ft Perimeter = 43.89ft
Distance = 8.95ft
Par 2

6. Sample Hole 3 Area (w/“pocket”, w/o bumpers) = 21.35 sq.ft
Perimeter (w/bumper edges) = 40.59ft
Distance = 8.78ft
Par 3

7. Sample course layout
Uses sample holes 2,3
Use rotations and dilations

8. Hole Designer Make a scale model of a single hole
Use a shoe box, wood, styrofoam, whatever works best
Calculate area and perimeter using geometric formulae (not using GSP)
Indicate the scale

9. Accounting
You will need to come up with the costs of construction using the following data (and ignoring labor, etc.)
Turf:$1.25/sq.ft
Trim around hole,bumpers: $0.25/ft.
Cement bumpers:$2.50/sq.ft
“Pocket”:$5 each
Calculate the following:
Costs for each hole
Cost for each material
Total costs

10. Marketing
Decide on a company name, a golf course name, and golf course theme
Design advertising and/or other information
Design the score card, listing par and direct length for each hole
List course rules and costs to play
Lead the presentation of your group

11. Technical Support
Put all Geometer’s Sketchpad, Excel, and all other documents from your group members into a PowerPoint/MacWorks presentation
Make it look good!
Explain all the geometry used in the design of the course

12. Assessment
Each group is responsible for a PowerPoint presentation, a copy for me on diskette of your presentation, and a scale model of a hole; I’m not collecting anything else
Every group member gets the same grade, except for obvious exceptions
If you think you’re done with your job, help someone else in your group!
Each individual grade (for each job) will be a score from 1 to 10, then all of it scaled to 100
This project is worth 2.5% of your grade
You will have 4 days of computer room time, with presentations on the last half of the 4th day
GET ORGANIZED ASAP