Stranded in the Wilds-Survival Story

 

Will you get Home?

THE SCENE

     On a specially designed covid school bus,

taking a field trip to the Museum for Human Rights, you notice a dark funnel shaped cloud. You sound out a warning, but others dismiss you out of hand. A few minutes later everything turns black and your stomach feels as if it is going up in an elevator. The wheels of the bus have stopped making a noise on the pavement and everything starts to spin. The bus is caught in a tornado and is flying through the air! When the bus touches firma cotta it is 55.198626,-98.395293 which is Pisew Falls Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada. As the bus slowly sinks in the swamp, you and your classmates are able to rescue the following items out of the bus.

2 sleeping bags

3 axes

1-200 m. of heavy rope

3 bus tires

1 can of bug spray

2 boxes of wooden matches

1 bar of soap

1 first aid from the back of the bus

2 large wooden poles

1 bus rear view mirror

1 solar powered paper-shredder

12 tooth brushes

1 jar of water purification tablets

1 GPS unit

3 large tarps

4 water jugs

1 radio antenna

200 chocolate bars

100 tins of canned pears

70 apples
3 Rubric Cubes
1 Pamphlet of Cuba

1 rear door from the bus

20 pounds of chocolate

2 hubcaps

3 compasses

1 Leather rugby ball

35 cans of stew

1 roll of toilet paper

1 book of Canadian short stories

1 extra large sleeping bag

1 Book of The Edible Plants of Manitoba

1 large piece of plywood

1 detailed map of Manitoba 

1 Ms Woodcroft's Tuba

4 flares

1 Ms DaSilva's big mutt Blue

1 bungee cord

     You and your group members are now faced with the task of somehow getting back to 49.883934,-97.275181 - Bruce Middle School, through the remote wilds of Northern Manitoba, in winter. The last words you heard from your teachers before they left in a helicopter is "Good luck getting back home."(The permission form was only valid for a bus trip to the museum, and while that form is still valid, since this is just a detour, there is no permission form for a helicopter ride, and you heard the principal, we need a permission form for a helicopter ride) For the sake of posterity, you will record your adventures. Not all the members of your group may make it back, you yourself may not even make it back to Bruce, but your story needs to be told. 

     

THE PROJECT

This is a project that consists of TWO parts:

I.  Class Work 1st Period

This will involve discussions and decisions by your group. 
With Teacher assistance, you will get into groups, respecting physical distancing. 

 The group will discuss these things.

1. A code to live by. Some examples are               --Keep Calm and Carry On
   No One gets left behind (an old Marine saying)
   Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten (Lilo and Stich)                        Pirate Code-He falls behind, gets left behind          Share your knowledge and resources                                              Talk it Out                                        Shake it Off                                         No one eats till we all eat
2. What 100 pieces the group will take with them on their trip from the above list of items saved from the swamp. A piece is 1 of something, so 40 cans of pears will be 40 pieces. Your group must be in total agreement on what 100 pieces to take on the trip
3. Possible uses on your trip for each of all the items saved from the swamp 
4. How will the items will be carried on the trip?

Using the Handout sheet

1. Record your group's code
2. Record what 100 items your group is taking
3. Write a very brief note for each article saved from the swamp, describing the possible ways that article can be used in your trip back to Bruce and how it will be carried