Gold Level Activities
These activities are designed to be similar to SBAC Performance Assessments. Students will watch the videos together whole class during Days 1-6 and engage in assignments design to build their skills and background knowledge prior to working independently on the reading and mathematics project portion. I have also included additional videos and website links which they may access outside of class time if they are interested.
Reaction HousingWhen natural disasters strike, many times people are left without a safe place to live. Michael McDaniel, a designer and engineer, has invented the Exo to help solve this problem. Think of all the ways math helped him come up with such a great solution!
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Water Sanitation
Clean water is a necessity for all life. Many places throughout the world do not have access to water free of contamination. This is due in part to the lack of toilets in populated areas. Water is easily contaminated with viruses and bacteria too small to see, but powerful enough to make us sick. Sometimes these diseases lead to death if they go untreated. The invention of both the toilet and water purification systems have brought low cost solutions to a very serious problem. You will use math to figure out how many toilets and water purification systems are necessary and affordable for each of the communities.
A Surprising Barrier to Clean Water in Kenya (Radio Story)
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