Includes Lessons and Curriculum
Edventures Survivor Camp Program
Discover how engineering, science, and math work together to improve survival skills for kids!
Develop problem-solving skills in a motivating way as students collaborate to tie knots, learn about water purification and edible plants, and understand the basics of navigation using compasses using survival skills curriculum. Students discover why it's important to adapt to their environment and assign responsibilities to classmates to survive in the wild. Activities include a materials list, background information, group discussion topics, and optional extension activities.
Curriculum includes 12 one-hour lessons that are great for use in classrooms, afterschool programs, and summer camps. Store materials in the included storage tub. Accommodates 30 students. Recommended for Middle School.
Standards: Aligns with NGSS, CCMS, ISTE.
Program includes:
- String, 1 Ball
- Bandanas, 7 Ea
- Compasses, 10 Ea
- Playing Cards, 2 Decks
- Dry-Erase Markers, 5 Ea
- Dry-Erase Page Pockets, 5 Ea
- Magnets, 8 Ea
- Paper Clips, 100 Ea
- Paracord Buckles, 30 Ea
- Paracords, 30 Ea
- Permanent Marker, 1 Ea
- Plastic Bottles, 5 Ea
- Pony Beads, 400 Ea
- Aluminum Foil, 1 Roll
- Masking Tape, 1 Roll
- Scissors, 1 Ea
- Tape Measure, 1 Ea
- Tarps, 5 Ea
- Ziploc Bags, 100 Ea
- Expanding File Folder, 1 Ea
- Storage Tub, 1 Ea
- Instructor Guide, 1 Ea
- Printed Student Pages, 5 Sets
- Curriculum Digital Download
Next Generation Science Standards*:
- MS-ETS1-1: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
- MS-ETS1-2: Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
- MS-ETS1-3: Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.
- MS-LS1-3: Use a model to describe how the structure of the body enables systems to carry out functions such as nutrient absorption, waste elimination, and oxygen exchange.
- MS-LS1-6: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
- MS-LS1-7: Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy in a food web.
- MS-PS1-4: Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
- MS-PS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
- MS-PS4-2: Develop and use a model to describe that waves are propagated through a medium and that information can be transmitted through these waves.
*The Next Generation Science Standards are a registered trademark of WestEd. Neither WestEd nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.
Common Core Math Standards*:
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.RP.A.3: Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems, e.g., by reasoning about tables of equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations.
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.RP.A.3.D: Use ratio reasoning to convert measurement units; manipulate and transform units appropriately when multiplying or dividing quantities.
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.G.A.4: Represent three-dimensional figures using nets made up of rectangles and triangles, and use the nets to find the surface area of these figures. Apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.NS.A.2: Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division and of fractions to multiply and divide rational numbers.
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.NS.A.3: Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers.
*National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers. (2010). Common Core State Standards. Washington, DC: Authors.
The ISTE Standards:
- ISTE-S.3.d: Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions.
- ISTE-S.4.a: Students know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems.
- ISTE-S.4.c: Students develop, test and refine prototypes as part of a cyclical design process.
- ISTE-S.4.d: Students exhibit a tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance and the capacity to work with open-ended problems.
- ISTE-S.7.c: Students contribute constructively to project teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to work effectively toward a common goal.
*ISTE Standards © 2024 4.01, ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), iste.org. All rights reserved.