BALTIMORE – Westminster National Golf Course hosted 100 third graders from Westminster Elementary School on Thursday for a hands-on cross-curricular STEM-related discipline journey.

The college students discovered all about golf and the science and expertise associated to the game.

The greens and tee bins have been became studying labs.

“I’m looking forward to those two stations that are up top,” third grader Emma Williams stated. “I forget what they are, but they look fun.”

The college students weren’t solely launched to golf, however they discovered about matters that they’ll be capable of connect with classes all through the varsity yr. 

It’s all by way of a program known as “First Green,” which is an environmental training outreach program that makes use of golf programs as environmental studying labs. 

The youngsters have been glad to get out of the classroom for a day. 

 “Yeah, it’s very fun,” Williams stated.

Golf course superintendents have to be extremely skilled in STEM to handle golf programs.

Those superintendents shared that data with college students and confirmed how that data may be utilized in the true world. 

“Technology in general is just creating something or modifying something to better meet human needs,” stated Bryan Shumaker, Carroll County Public Schools STEM coordinator. “There’s a lot of that happening out here. Whether it comes down to the design of the clubs, the putters, the contours of the green, the land management, the architecture, there is a lot of technology involved that has nothing to do with electricity.”