As part of our ASCAN training, we will be learning outdoor survival skills. Should a T-38 or space capsule go down in the wilderness, it would be essential for you to have skills that would help you survive until rescue teams could arrive. You will be working in teams, and each team will be responsible for producing an emergency survival guide that would help an individual survive in the wilderness. Each person on the team will be in charge of publishing two chapters of the guide and helping with the front cover and table of contents. The final project will be due on YOUR TARGET DAY during the week of September 26th; we do have a field trip on Friday of that week, so you will need to drop off your survival guides on your Target day. Each student should choose 2 of the following topics to research. Once you have completed extensive and detailed research on your topic you should then publish a typed report for each topic; in order to thoroughly cover the material, I would expect reports to be a minimum of 300 words each. Along with each explanation should be a FULL page color illustration, drawn and colored by hand. We will have some time to work on the project in class, but the majority of the project will need to be completed at home; this will be a large part of your homework for the next month. The final project should be turned in with a creatively decorated front cover, and it must include a table of contents. Please take your time on this project and do your very best work. Thanks!
1. Water survival- what happens if you land in the water?
2. How to build different types of outdoor shelters.
3. Methods for obtaining and purifying water.
4. Different methods for trapping or hunting animals.
5. How to use a compass/map for land navigation.
6. Signaling to get help
7. Methods for starting a fire when you have no matches.
8. Edible plants and how to find and prepare them/ dangerous plants that should be avoided.
9. Injuries and illness-medical care
10. Dangerous animals and environments to avoid
Each section will receive a grade from 1-10 points and your final grade for the project will be the sum of these scores.
_____ Front Cover- neat and creative
_____ Table of Contents- complete and neat
Chapter 1
_____ amount of information meets and/or exceeds requirements (minimum of 300 words) and adequately covers topic
_____ information is accurate, has details, and demonstrates evidence of thorough research
_____ quality of writing (grammar, spelling, sentence fluency, paragraph construction, organization)
_____ illustration is neat, detailed, and creative
Chapter 2
_____ amount of information meets and/or exceeds requirements (minimum 300 words) and adequately covers topic
_____ information is accurate, has details, and demonstrates evidence of thorough research
_____ quality of writing (grammar, spelling, sentence fluency, paragraph construction, organization)
_____ illustration is neat, detailed, and creative
Project Total ___________ Grade________
Here are some websites to help get you started on your research:
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/shelters-1.php
http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/survival/
http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/
http://www.wildwoodsurvival.com/
http://www.natureskills.com/articles/survival/
