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Designing a Ride and Learning Math at Epcot

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Joe Burbank, Orlando Sentinel

The New York Times

October 14, 2009

Can children who do not know how many sides a triangle has get excited about learning math and engineering? Maybe a field trip to an amusement park will do the trick.

That is the idea behind a new initiative from Disney and Raytheon to let children design their own theme-park ride using math tools and then hop in a robotic simulator to try it out.

The game, called Sum of All Thrills, will allow budding ride designers to let their imaginations run wild, either in person or ...

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