Amazon Mission

Math Topics: Numbers and Operations, Measurement, Geometry, Algebra, Probability, Data

Analysis, Connections, Communication

NJCCC Math Standards: Math 4.1AB, 4.2ADE, 4.3ABC, 4.4AB, 4.5BCE Technology: 8.2B

Participants will join a community service team on a mission to the Amazon Rainforest to investigate,

and hopefully solve, the problems of the indigenous people group known as the

This exercise deals with three design challenges:

􀂃 Malaria Meltdown: Design a medicine carrier that can safely transport malaria medicine

while keep it cool in a tropical climate.

􀂃 Mercury Rising: Design a water filter system to remove mercury from a river.

􀂃 Outbreak: Design a virus intervention plan to contain the spread of the flu.