Integrated STEAM in an Intelligent Manufacturing: A GoSTEAM contest Jon-Chao Hong
National Taiwan Normal University
Abstract
This GoSTEAM competition is designed to integrate the five core domains of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics through hands-on design and fabrication activities, thereby embodying the fundamental principles of STEAM learning. Embedding STEAM learning in designing GoSTEAM includes, on science, students have to know the material properties, and science principles to be applied to carry out those moving and transport functions, and build the architecture, for example, using magnet to keep the balls to move from A to B location. On technology, students learn how to use wood laser-cut machine and/or 3D printers to design tracks and architectures for balls to move and transport. On engineering, students have to plan how many material and what machine processes to work out the design, and adjust the functions properly. Particularly, to build the architectures to ensure the balls can be transported smoothly, stably and reliable. On arts, students can apply their cultural knowledge to design the architectures of marble with esthetic perspective. In the math, students are expected to engage in math processes, including proportional estimation, symmetry analysis, force calculation, and the application of spatial geometric principles to ensure the precision and functional feasibility of their overall designs.
