Geometry in Augmented Reality

The Idea...

When Ms. Taylor and @math_teacher41 approached me for an idea to integrate technology into their geometry classes for their amusement park projects, I immediately knew that augmented reality (A.R.) could be a perfect solution.

With the objectives being to force students to include higher order thinking skills and consider issues of scale, ratio and proportion (in addition to the original objectives of calculating distances and midpoints  on a coordinate plane), I knew this could be a a great fit for this activity.

The pre-stage of the iPads was a heavy lift.  Thanks to @esu3pl and @21centtech, I was able to borrow 10 iPads with the scanners that would enable to project.  After that, I used @tearagon7's innovative @Keynote hack to create the rides that we would import into the amusement park.  When I finished loading the rides, I turned to the organizational challenge of creating the teams and the jobs for the teams.  Knowing this tech might be a harder sell to this specific population, I tired to focus on giving everyone in the group a job that was essential to the success of the project. 

We did make one change on the fly in between the first two classes.  We changed the measurements from just inches to inches times two to make the surface a little bigger.  This resulted in projects that were much easier to see and manipulate.  

​Thanks again to @keynote and @armakrapp for making these awesome project possible.   Always remember: #everyonecancreate!

Link to Lesson Plans Here

Link to Park Organizer Worksheet