The Minigolf Project
The Minigolf Project was the final project this year. It incorporated all our subjects (Math, History, and Multimedia) into one product. The goal: with a group of 5 people, create a minigolf hole that would include obstacles that would represent a historic event of your choice and present it at exhibition.
We started the building process of the course in Math. We created a blueprint with our planned measurements and a strategy for players to complete the hole in as little hits as possible. Once we had completed our layout, we began work on our obstacles. In history, our group choose a historical event we were interested in. We chose the Cuban Revolution and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Our first obstacle was the ramp. It represented the rising tension between the united States and Cuba (The rest of the course continues representing the tension between the two countries through the height of the ramp). The green arch in the corner represents the Sierra Maestra mountains where Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries operated from during the Cuban Revolution. The blocks with American flags painted on them represent the American blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. They guard the World War III hole, which represents the destruction that would have been caused, had anything passed the line. At the end of the course, the jail cell represents the Bay of Pigs Invasion by the United States by Cuban exiles to spark a revolution against Fidel Castro's rule. Once the course was built, we displayed our individual studies and blueprints on a display board and used graphic design techniques to design the layout to fit everything in a visually appealing way. We also had a competition to design the logo to the project. Finally, we exhibited our holes by connecting them all together to make an 18 hole course for visitors to play through as we explained to them the meaning to our hole.
We started the building process of the course in Math. We created a blueprint with our planned measurements and a strategy for players to complete the hole in as little hits as possible. Once we had completed our layout, we began work on our obstacles. In history, our group choose a historical event we were interested in. We chose the Cuban Revolution and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Our first obstacle was the ramp. It represented the rising tension between the united States and Cuba (The rest of the course continues representing the tension between the two countries through the height of the ramp). The green arch in the corner represents the Sierra Maestra mountains where Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries operated from during the Cuban Revolution. The blocks with American flags painted on them represent the American blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. They guard the World War III hole, which represents the destruction that would have been caused, had anything passed the line. At the end of the course, the jail cell represents the Bay of Pigs Invasion by the United States by Cuban exiles to spark a revolution against Fidel Castro's rule. Once the course was built, we displayed our individual studies and blueprints on a display board and used graphic design techniques to design the layout to fit everything in a visually appealing way. We also had a competition to design the logo to the project. Finally, we exhibited our holes by connecting them all together to make an 18 hole course for visitors to play through as we explained to them the meaning to our hole.