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Welcome back to my blog! This post is for the second Action Project of the STEAM class, Econ: Risking Value. In this second unit, Sustainability, we discussed thinking like a 21st-century economist. To help us with this investigation, we read Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth. Raworth's book explains a new economic model, the Doughnut, focused on providing for every person's needs while safeguarding the living world on which we all depend. Using Doughnut Economics , we dove into each of the chapters and explored different ways of moving past the 20th-century economic model toward the 21st century. To gather different economic ideas throughout history, we created a timeline of influential economists starting with Hammurabi in the 1700s BCE to modern economists like Milton Friedman in the 20th century. For Field Experiences, we spoke with Pete Kadens, a philanthropist focused on providing education for underserved Chicagoans and looking toward a more sustainable future. This Ac...

Welcome back to my blog! This post is for the Action Project in the Workshop class Par for the Course. In this class, we have been looking at all things mini golf. We started by checking out the history of golf and how minigolf was made from regular golf. We also looked at the rules for minigolf, which would be helpful when we would do putting challenges as a class. In these challenges, we would have to hit the golf ball as close to a marker as possible without touching it, keep it in a small zone after the ball was hit, make a ricochet shot, and more. For all of these, we played inside our school and set up miniature courses in the hallways or open spaces. We also explored different technologies that could make minigolf courses more engaging. One of these was a battery-powered ball returner which would catch the ball in it and push it back to the player with a strong hammer. For Field Experiences, we took a trip to the Chicago Athletic Association and used their virtual golf simulator...