Summary: Race to see who can get Cy down the zip line the fastest using angles and slope.

Students will use their math skills to make a gondola for Cy the mini mascot to ride in down the zip line. This challenge uses angles and distance to see which team can keep Cy in the gondola, and get him down the zip line in the fastest time.

Iowa Common Core Science Standards: 4-PS3-1, 5-PS2-1, 3-5-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2

Iowa Common Core Math Standards: 4.MD.C.5, 8.EE.B.5

Iowa Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice: 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.