Makerthon
To come up with a wide variety of creative, bold, and even wild ideas
(What is Brainstorming)
This mangrove has long red roots that look like stilts.
(What is Red Mangrove?)
Mangroves protect coastlines from this natural disaster.
(What are storms or hurricanes?)
Cutting down mangroves is called this.
(What is deforestation?)
Red mangrove roots look like this, helping them stay stable.
(What are stilts or prop roots?)
In this phase, you explore the problem deeply before creating solutions.
(What is Context Investigation?)
This mangrove has breathing roots that stick up from the mud.
(What is Black Mangrove?)
Mangroves are known as this kind of “sink” because they trap CO₂.
(What is a carbon sink?)
This causes shorelines to move back each year.
(What is coastal erosion?)
Black mangrove roots have this snorkel-like name.
(What are pneumatophores?)
Your first model or sketch is known as this.
(What is a low-fidelity prototype?)
This mangrove has round leaves and often grows furthest inland.
(What is White Mangrove?)
This ecosystem service helps prevent land from washing away.
(What is erosion control?)
Building this near mangroves often leads to habitat loss.
(What are roads, houses, or developments?)
To survive salty water, mangroves do this with extra salt.
(What is excrete or filter salt?)
You present your final solution during this Makerthon step.
(What is Storytelling or the Final Pitch?)
This type is often found near mangroves and has small button-like flowers.
(What is Buttonwood?)
Many baby fish grow up in mangroves because they act as these.
(What are nurseries?)
Mangrove loss can lead to fewer fish, affecting this human activity.
(What is fishing?)
This adaptation helps mangrove seeds start growing before falling.
(What is vivipary?)
What is the main thing you as kids can do to help conserve the mangroves?
(What is teach others about what you have learned.
Which mangrove species has visible salt crystals on its leaves in the morning due to salt excretion?
(What is Black Mangroves)
This type of tourism can benefit local communities while protecting mangroves.
(What is ecotourism?)
The Ciénaga de Mallorquín is losing shoreline at this rate.
(What is 2 meters per year?)
Mangroves have waxy leaves and this other feature to avoid water loss.
(What are salt glands or thick cuticles?)