Quick Look
Grade Level: 5
Time Required: 15 minutes
Lesson Dependency:
Subject Areas: Earth and Space
Quick Look 
Summary
At this stage of the "Lost in the Amazon" (hypothetical) adventure, students determine what supplies they will take with them to survive their trip through the Amazon. They use estimation and basic math skills to determine how much they can carry and what they can use to survive in the jungle environment as they travel on to their destination.Engineering Connection
Engineers use critical thinking skills to identify what criteria are important for success and what criteria are not important. Then they make design decisions based on these criteria.
Learning Objectives
After this lesson, students should be able to:
- Determine survival skills in the Amazon
- Use estimation and basic math skills to determine how much they can carry and what they can use to survive in the jungle environment
Educational Standards
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technology, engineering or math (STEM) educational standards.
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within type by subtype, then by grade, etc.
Each TeachEngineering lesson or activity is correlated to one or more K-12 science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) educational standards.
All 100,000+ K-12 STEM standards covered in TeachEngineering are collected, maintained and packaged by the Achievement Standards Network (ASN), a project of D2L (www.achievementstandards.org).
In the ASN, standards are hierarchically structured: first by source; e.g., by state; within source by type; e.g., science or mathematics; within type by subtype, then by grade, etc.
International Technology and Engineering Educators Association - Technology
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Apply the technology and engineering design process.
(Grades
3 -
5)
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State Standards
Colorado - Science
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There are different forms of energy, and those forms of energy can be changed from one form to another – but total energy is conserved
(Grade
8)
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Introduction/Motivation
Read the following part of the storyline with your students:
Now that you have decided where you are going and figured out about how long it will take, it is time to decide what to take with you. Start to think about everything that you might need. What will you take? Will you have everything you need to survive the trip to Manaus?
Lesson Background and Concepts for Teachers
None for this lesson.
Associated Activities
- What to Bring? - Students examine a list of items that remain after the plane crash in the jungle. They organize the supplies to classify which are useful for surviving the upcoming trek to safety. They use estimation and basic math skills to determine how much they can carry.
Lesson Closure
Discuss with students what kinds of supplies are needed in the jungle environment. Were there items not included on the list of supplies that survived the plane crash that they wish they could bring with them for their journey?
Assessment
Worksheet: Have each group complete the associated activity worksheets Review their answers to gauge their depth of comprehension.
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They organize the supplies to classify which items are useful for surviving in the Amazon. They use estimation and basic math skills to determine how much they can carry and decide which items to bring with them to survive in the jungle until they reach their destination.
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© 2013 by Regents of the University of Colorado; original © 2005 Colorado School of MinesSupporting Program
Adventure Engineering, Colorado School of MinesAcknowledgements
Adventure Engineering was supported by National Science Foundation grant nos. DUE 9950660 and GK-12 0086457. However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policies of the National Science Foundation, and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government.
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