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Lost in the Amazon
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | The Lost in the Amazon unit is a series of hands-on STEM activities based on an adventure scenario set in the Amazon jungle. Students imagine themselves to be a team of EnviroTech engineers returning to the U.S. from a conference in Brazil. When their plane crashes deep in the Amazon rain forest, they work in teams to overcome obstacles in their survival quest. The Lost in the Amazon unit is a series of minds-on and hands-on STEM activities based on an adventure scenario set in the Amazon rain forest in Brazil. Students imagine themselves to be a team of EnviroTech engineers returning to the U.S. from a conference in Brasilia, Brazil. When their plane crashes deep in the jungle, they work in groups to overcome various obstacles in their quest to survive and reach the nearest city as quickly and safely as possible. Motivated by this adventurous theme, students discover, learn and apply the following: 1) research and classification of plants and insects; 2) general categorizing skills; 3) process skills: problem solving and critical thinking; 4) scientific testing and experimentation; 5) materials properties. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Colorado School of Mines |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space South America Plane Crash Navigation Exploration Survival Rainforest |
| Content Type | Text |
| Education Level | Class V |
| Resource Type | Syllabus |
| Subject | Structure of the Earth |
