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Biome Survival Activity Short Moser

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Biome Survival Activity

Plane Crash Incident Report:

Your small plane crashed in your biome approximately 150 kilometers from the nearest town. The pilot was

killed in the crash, but you and one other passenger survived. It is January and temperature is average for that

area during that time of year. The plane is completely wrecked, but the following items are scattered around

the crash site:

☼ compass

☼ 7 newspapers

☼ a small amount of steel wool

☼ hatchet

☼ map of the area

☼ pistol with 10 bullets

☼ can of vegetable oil

☼ 6 chocolate bars

☼ 6 m x 6 m tarp

☼ 4 shirts and 4 pairs of pants

☼ 1 cigarette lighter

☼ 1 quart of rubbing alcohol

☼ 1 gallon of drinkable water

Group Task: Your CRASH SITE (Biome): ___________________________________

1. First, decide where you landed and what the area is like. Answer the first part questions

2. List all of the available items in your biome and from the plane below. This is a comprehensive list – the

more the better. The more detail you provide the better. You are trying to survive so the more things you

can figure a use for the better. A few things are not available:

A. The cabin of the plane – it was destroyed

B. Leaving the area – don’t ask why; it’s just a rule

C. Someone “not” surviving – everyone makes it in this game

3. Next, Your group should pick the 5 items from the plane crash that you want to recover to help you survive.

Be sure to consider natural resources, biotic and abiotic, available in your particular biome when selecting

these items.

List items here:

Explain and Justify WHY you chose these 5 items:

Part 1. Characteristics of your biome: Using your books and biomes charts to consider the questions below.

a. What is the average temperature in your biome during the month of January? What season

would that be

Biome Survival Activity Short Moser