WALT work as a team to survive the

island!
Success Criteria -be creative AND practical

-be cooperative
 Survival Points
Lose 5 survival points if…
40 survival points will allow
ABANDONED! Someone leaves your team and
you to get on a rescue
walks over to another team.
helicopter if it arrives!
DISCORD! Your team has a major argument.

DEAD WEIGHT! Someone in your team does

1
not contribute.

CHEAT! Your team adds information to your

SURVIVA
L poster after the timer has finished or looks at
POINT another team’s poster.
The Story… Image by Noupload from Pixabay

You are on a cruise ship when in a

storm suddenly your boat sinks!

You and the people in your group are

the only survivors in this tragedy.

You spend a terrifying night at sea

until you all wash up on an island the
next morning...
Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash
Who are you?
Each person in your group needs to invent and
share:

○ Their name
○ Their back-story (e.g. family, job)
○ Their special skill (e.g. hunting,
running, problem solving)
○ 1 item in their pocket

Write them down.

Day 1
Think about what you need to do on the
first day.

What is the first job for each team member?

Write them down and explain why for each.

Consider: Others on the island? Animals?

Weather? Injuries? Hunger/thirst? Group
member issues? Shelter?

Photo by Jailam Rashad on Unsplash

 Knife
All washed up… Flint
Mirror
Some items wash up on the shore. Metal Pot
Your group needs to pick and agree Antibiotics
on 6 items from this list that you Nylon Fishing Net
would like to wash up on shore. Bag
Rope
Fresh drinking water
Write them down and explain why Tarp
for each. 1 sleeping bag
5 tins of tuna
Storm!
That night, a storm comes!

3 of your items are washed

away forever!

Which 3?
Write them down and explain why for
each.
Image by Johannes Plenio from
Pixabay
Hurt!
Someone breaks a leg while
climbing for food!

What will you do to

● Help them heal?

● Help them survive?
● Help them rehabilitate?
Write them down and explain why for each. Photo by Jake Ingle on Unsplash
The shelter
You realise a rescue boat is not
coming very soon and you decide
to build a better shelter.

Design this shelter with your

team, considering the materials
you would find on an island.

Draw and label the shelter, including

the materials you use. Explain your Photo by Jason Miller on Unsplash

choices.
More injury!
Two members of your group are
injured while collecting resources!

One has a serious cut on their arm.

One was bitten by a spider.

What do you do for each person?

Write it down and explain your choices.

Message in a bottle
You find a bottle on the island!
Miraculously it has an extremely
short pencil in it and some paper!

You have just enough pencil lead left

to write 6 words on your paper. What
do you write?
Photo by Nikita Herasimenka on Unsplash
Rescue?
Your team decides it is time to take
action to be rescued!

Design some kind of signal that will

draw attention from a passing boat or
aeroplane for your rescue.

Use items that you have with you or

natural resources you can collect on
the island. Photo by Nenad Radojčić ona Unsplash
More than 40 survival points?

You are
RESCUED!
Photo by Aleksandar Popovski on Unsplash
Made by Emily Fintelman
© Made by Emily Fintelman @mrsfint
http://mrsfintelmanteaches.global2.vic.edu.au/

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