More Related Content
Viewers also liked
Viewers also liked (20)
Similar to Webquest lost at sea. survivng a watery grave
Similar to Webquest lost at sea. survivng a watery grave (20)
Recently uploaded
Recently uploaded (20)
Webquest lost at sea. survivng a watery grave
- 1. Lost at sea:Escaping a watery grave. A WebQuest Based on Survival at sea for a Year 1 PCSE English as a Foreign Language class. Created By: Amanda Morrison Prince To be used with D.U Survival:No easy task.
- 2. Introduction:The facts ●You and your team have hired a yacht. ●None of you have any previous sailing experience, and you have also hired an experienced skipper and a two-person crew. ●As you sail through the Southern Pacific Ocean a fire breaks out and much of the yacht and its contents are destroyed. ●The yacht is slowly sinking. ●Your location is unclear because vital navigational and radio equipment has been damaged. ●The yacht skipper and crew have been lost while trying to fight the fire. ●Your best guess is that you are approximately 1000 miles South West of the nearest mainland. .
- 3. Task 1 ●You have salvaged a four man rubber life raft. ●The total contents of your combined pockets amounts to a packet of tissues, a wet smartphone and 3 $5 notes. ●You and your friends have managed to save the following 16 items, undamaged and intact after the fire. YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL WILL DEPEND UPON YOUR ABILITY TO RANK THESE 16 ITEMS IN THEIR RELATIVE ORDER OF IMPORTANCE. GOOD LUCK! Use the suggested web pages, and any others you decide to investigate, to research how important these objects really are in an emergency situation like this one. When you have collected sufficient information, work together as a group and rank the 16 items in order of importance. Present your ranking in Powerpoint giving a brief explanation for each choice made. Please look carefully at the EVALUATION CRITERIA slide.
- 4. Sextant Salvaged items Small transistor radio Shaving mirror 7 square metres of opaque plastic sheeting Mosquito netting Shark repellent 20 litre can of water ¼ litre rum 2 cases army rations 5 metres nylon rope Maps of the Pacific Ocean 2 boxes of chocolate bars Floating seat cushion Fishing kit 8 litre can of oil/petrol mixture An Oar
- 5. Task 2 ● What emotional and physical traits enable survivors to make it through life-threatening situations? ● Research the psychology of survival and write an article (250-300 words) for a magazine explaining what kind of mental attitude is necessary to survive a harrowing experience. Include real life examples of survival.
- 6. Task 3 ● Research survival skills that enable people to survive at sea should their yacht capsize, catch fire, or they lose their captain. ● Use these questions to help your research 1. How can the word SURVIVAL help you get through a crisis? 2. If you have no water to drink, should you eat? Why or why not? 3. How can you reduce your water loss even if you're sweating? 4. What can you drink if you are stranded at sea? What shouldn't you drink? 5. How can you get food? ● Use this information to write a diary describing how you managed to survive 10 days at sea with no water or food. Don't forget to include information about mental health and state of mind. Present your diary in Powerpoint format making it as interesting as possible to the rest of the group.
- 7. Procedure ● All students must do Task 1 together with their assigned group. ● THEN individually choose either Task 2 or Task 3. ● Read the task instructions carefully. Take your time doing the research. ● You have 3 sessions to do both assignments so use your time wisely.
- 8. Evaluation Criteria:Task 1 c 4. Distinguished 3. Proficient 2. Apprentice 1. Novice Content-Essential All information was Subject knowledge Information was Information was confusing or irrelevant. Had Question: accurate and was was evident. relevant, but details few supporting details or examples. Did not Appropriateness, delivered effectively. Information included and examples did not answer the essential question. Subject relevance, details, Subject knowledge details and strong address the essential knowledge was not sufficient to make and examples was thorough. examples that question. Subject successful argument. Extensive details and provided a clear knowledge was relevant examples answer to the evident, but was not were used to answer essential question. used to support the essential arent. question. Content-Amount of Topic was completely Topic was addressed. Topic was addressed. Topic was not addressed. Statements were not Information: addressed. Statements Most statements were Some statements were supported by facts or examples. Topic and length were clearly supported supported by facts and supported by facts and by many facts and examples. examples. detailed examples.
- 9. Oral Appeared Appeared Showed some Showed little or Presentation- enthusiastic enthusiastic for excitement about no enthusiasm Enthusiasm: about most of the the topic. about the topic. Energetic, not presentation at presentation. Attempted to Did not frenetic all times. May have modify behavior moderate level Moderated level appeared overly to engage of excitement in of excitement to enthusiastic at audience on one response to hold audience's times. Held or more audience attention. audience interest occasions. Lost reaction. Lost Used Phrasal for most of attention of some audience verbs correctly presentation. audience interest. Used conditional members. structures Teamwork- Always listened Listened to, Did not Rarely listened Cooperation: to, shared ideas shared ideas consistently to, shared ideas Listens, shares with, and with, and listen to, share with, or helped ideas and work, supported others. supported the ideas with, or other team supports team Worked efforts of others. support the members. Was consistently for Did not disrupt efforts of others. not a team the good of the the group. Made some player. team. effort to be a team player.
- 10. Evaluation Criteria:Tasks 2 & 3 ● Consult the following pdf supplied by the University of Cambridge for grading First Certificate level written work. ● http://assets.cambridge.org/97805217/54460/samp ●
- 11. Resources ● You may use any of these web pages, or any that you yourselves may find BUT do not cut and paste or copy large chunks of texts. ● Be yourselves. Be creative: Be smart. Be original. Survive! h t t p : / / c r is is t im e s . c o m / s e a _ s u r v iv a l. p h p h t t p : / / w w w . s u r v iv a liq . c o m / h t t p : / / w w w . s u r v iv a ls k ills t o d a y . c o m / H o t - T ip - H o w - t o - S u r v iv e - o n - a - D e s e r t e d - I s la n d . h t m l h t t p : / / d s c .d is c o v e r y .c o m / s u r v iv a l/ h ttp ://w w w .v a n ity f a ir .c o m /o n lin e /d a ily /2 0 1 0 /1 1 /e ig h t- s u r v iv a l- tip s -if-y o u re -lo s t-a t-s e a h ttp ://d s c .d is c o v e r y .c o m /s u r v iv a l/g a m e s /lif e - d e a th - s e a /lif e - d e a th - s e a .h tm l h ttp ://w w w .w ild e r n e s s c o lle g e .c o m /b a s ic - s u r v iv a l- s k ills .h tm l h ttp ://w w w .a ir c a v .c o m /s u r v iv a l/a s c h 1 6 /a s c h 1 6 p 0 2 .h tm l h ttp ://w w w .c a s k e 2 0 0 0 .o r g /s u r v iv a l/s u r v iv e s e a .h tm
- 12. Conclusion The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. Aristotle I hope you had fun doing this and at the same time learnt some valuable lifeskills lessons. Thank you all for participating to the very best of your abilities.