Thursday, March 13, 2008

Using CNC to Teach Math


I love outside the box thinking. A High School math teacher got together with the shop class and now teaches math via CNC CAD/CAM concepts.
Jonathan Schwartz has found a way to turn math concepts into real problems. ... “I have always loved math, but the biggest disconnect is the application of math skills,” he said. ... Schwartz proposed having the students design projects on computers with AutoCAD in one room and then build them in the refurbished woodshop next door. ... “With the help of a much appreciated grant, we were able to afford a new CNC router for the woodshop as well as the Mastercam software that it came with,” explained Emmanuel Orozco, a senior who first took the class last year.

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