Project L.I.N.C

Maths

Published on January 19, 2015, by projectlinc in Maths, Subjects.

6^th and 7^th grade math students will investigate the following areas:

Families in Nairobi spend 30% of their household income on their "dirty" water (per our source in Nairobi). What is their household income and what is 30% of that? What % of our income do we spend on water in the US?

Compare scale drawings of students' houses to the typical "house" in Nairobi and find the approx. square footage/person in both Nairobi and the US. (7^th grade only)

Calculate the cost of "clean" bottle of water when a Life Straw is purchased.

Students will also investigate other implications and areas of interest based on student/group choice.

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Project L.I.N.C

A Skype call with Livingstone Kegode, a teacher in Nairobi, Africa was set up so that students could interact with the Nairobi students. Recently, we heard about the unfortunate news that one of the pipes in the school recently burst, leaving him and all the students with contaminated water.

Later, teachers came up with the idea of giving 6th and 7th grade students a real-life example of problem solving, and decided to begin a cross-curricular project centered on the water contamination problem in Nairobi.

Three countries and three cities will collaborate in this cross curricular project: Andover (the USA), Nairobi (Kenya), Trikala (Greece)

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Lifestraw company partnered with us on 11/02/2015 and offered 4 LifeStraw Community filters; 2 for the Havilla School and 2 for the Cheery Education Centre in Nairobi (Kenya).They also offered to set up the installation of the LifeStraw Community purifiers and train both the teachers and students on how to use them properly.Recently they upgraded their donation and they eventually donated 7 water filters;this will provide clean water for more than 500 children.

A BIG thank you to all those who helped us by sponsoring the Project LINC T-shirt