Form & Function STEAM

When Architecture, the Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Computing intermingle something beautiful and purposeful occurs. Students are challenged to think computationally by considering the notion of “design” through three perspectives on form and function. Through the first perspective, we challenge students to consider a structure’s architectural form in the context of its function within the ecology in which it belongs. A second perspective on form and function is provided by way of the natural sciences, where students explore nature’s designs, which are created through natural selection. Finally, form and function is further abstracted through a mathematical and computational perspective that focuses on how natural selection can be emulated through modelling and coding. The journey comes full circle, and the three perspectives coalesce, when students engage in a hack-a-thon in which they model and code evolutionary algorithms to design a better building.

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June 22nd, 2022

Home Energy Efficiency was unpublished by the OER Commons

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Adaptations Through Natural Selection was unpublished by the OER Commons

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Using the Scrum Framework was unpublished by the OER Commons

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May 10th, 2022

Light Up Music Box was unpublished by the OER Commons

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May 04th, 2021

Brad Skeet added Form and Function(s): A Sustainable Design meets Computation Design Plan

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February 17th, 2021

Brad Skeet added Lesson

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January 18th, 2021

Connie Blomgren added Linear, quadratic, and exponential models and applications activity

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Connie Blomgren added What is an open license and how does it work?

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Connie Blomgren added TCC Library Handout - Copyright, OER, and CC Licenses

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Connie Blomgren added Open Education Resources (OER)Fact Sheet

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Connie Blomgren added What is OER?

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November 16th, 2020

Connie Blomgren added Ocean Garbage Patches

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November 10th, 2020

Connie Blomgren added Lesson

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Connie Blomgren added Lesson

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November 02nd, 2020

Brad Skeet added Natural Selection in Action: Peppered Moth

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Brad Skeet added Evolution, Natural Selection and Speciation

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Brad Skeet added Natural Selection

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Connie Blomgren added Energy-Efficient Housing

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Connie Blomgren added Working Together to Live Together

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Connie Blomgren added Implementing Biomimicry and Sustainable Design with an Emphasis on the Application of Ecological Principles

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