Lets Play SurvivorAdapted from Peter Pappas

ScenarioIt is approximately 10:00 am in Augustand you have just crash landed in theSonora desert in southwestern UnitedStates.

Plane is burned - Only the airplane’sframe remains.

The pilot is dead. You are not injured

The pilot was unable to notify anyone ofyour position before the crash.You are 70 miles away from a mining campYou are about 65 miles off your flight plan

Before the plane burned you were able to salvage 10 Items

Rank items by importance

1 (most important) to 10 (least important) Work with a partner.

Reach consensus on a “group” ranking for each item.

Items Your Ranking

Expert Ranking

Parachute

Topographical Map of the area

Cher’s Greatest Hits (4 CD’s)

Book (Edible Desert Animals)

Handgun with bullets

Magnetic Compass

Bottle of Salt Tablets

One overcoat per person

Flashlight

2 liters of vodka

Expert Ranking

1. Cher CD’s – Arcs light to signal planes

2. Coats – Cold in the desert

3. Parachute – Shelter – put it over the planes frame.

4. Flashlight – to signal in the dark and not bump into a cactus at night.

5. Gun – Signal and protect against crazy passengers

6. Vodka – Antiseptic

7. Book – Firewood

8. Map – Firewood

9. Compass – If glass could be used as a signal

10. Salt Tablets – Will dehydrate you and hasten death

If you left the crash site your chances of survival decreased 75%