Can you survive?

Introduction

The Adventure Begins....

Are you a survivor? Do you have the knowledge and the skills to stay alive if you suddenly found yourself stranded in the wilderness? You and your team are about to become experts on surviving in the wild. Successful completion of this challenge could result in your team winning a spot on the television series, Survivor, with the chance to win $1,000,000! Are you ready for the challenge? Click on TASK to begin training.

Task

 

Task

In this WebQuest, you will be do the following: Determine the basic needs for survival. Put the information acquired into a wilderness survival handbook on power-point. 

 

Process

 

TASKS:

A. Use the web sites below to try and determine basic elements of survival. Hint: there are six basic elements of survival. Find this and list the 6 basic elements on a separate WORD document.

B. After you have listed your six basic elements of survival, you must now find the characteristics of an effective attitude needed for survival. In order to survive, attitude is important (hopefully, it is one of your six basic elements). Use the psychological web sites below to gather this information on attitude. Put your research information on your WORD document.

C. You will also research the survival strategy known as STOP. Use the STOP sites below and evaluate STOP strategy - what it is, why it is important, and how to use it effectively to survive. Put your information on your WORD document. 

D. You will be responsible for researching the six basic elements. Basically, you need to show how to met the six basic needs. Put onto same WORD document.

E. Create a power-point presentation, complete with images, video, and words to express the information from A-D above. 

Use the websites below to gather your information; you can use other sites if you want too!


Basic Elements of Survival http://www.adventuresportsonline.com/5basic.htm
Basic Elements of Survival http://www.survivaliq.com/survival/introduction.htm
Varied Sites http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/survival/
Varied Sites http://www.m4040.com/Survival/Skills/Navigation/Navigation.htm
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Varied sites http://voices.yahoo.com/top-5-timeless-military-survival-skills-7410324.html

STOP Technique http://www.equipped.org/kidprimr.htm
Shelter http://www.mpioutdoors.com/5basic.htm
Shelter http://www.wilderness-survival.net/
Shelter http://www.survival-center.com/guide/
Shelter http://www.equipped.org/kidprimr.htm
Shelter http://exn.ca/OneWeek/links/
Shelter http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/rapids/8017/index2.html
Shelter http://www.home-cov.demon.co.uk/aims.htm
Survival Needs http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/survival/
Signaling http://www.caliberdt.com/~bill/survival.htm
Signaling http://www.therangerdigest.com/
Fire Making http://www.home-cov.demon.co.uk/fire.htm
Fire Making http://www.home-cov.demon.co.uk/signal.htm

Psychological aspects of surviuval http://survivor-magazine.com/psychological-hurdles/ 
Psychological Aspects of Survival http://www.youwillsurvive.com/page4.html
Psychological Aspects of Survival http://www.wilderness-survival.net/
Psychological Aspects of Survival http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Falls/9200/survival_attitude.html
Psychological Aspects of Survival http://www.theozarks.com/Innovation.h
Psychological Aspects of survival http://www.backcountryattitude.com/survival_attitude.html

 

 

Evaluation

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A. List of 6 basic elements on a separate WORD document.

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B. Gather information on the characteristics of an effective attitude when in wilderness - on your WORD document.

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C. You answer what STOP is, why it is important, and how to use it effectively to survive - on a WORD document. 

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D. Shows how to meet the six basic needs on a WORD document.

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E. Create a power-point presentation, complete with images, video, and words to express the information from A-D above. Organized, clear, and complete.

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