Atlas and Study Skills
- Have pupils find Port of Spain in Trinidad and Rio
de Janeiro
- Have pupils find out what country Rio is in. What
group of islands does Trinidad belong to?
- Using rulers and the scale of the atlas, have pupils
find distance in kilometres (as crow flies) from Port of Spain to Rio.
- Find the Tranz Amazonian Highway and locate Obidos
on the Amazon River.
- Using the atlas, have pupils find yearly rainfall
of the Amazon Jungle region and the summer and winter temperatures.
- What is the height above sea level of Obidos.
- Find the latitude and longitude of
Rio and Obidos.
Introducing the Scenario
- Your class are on a holiday of a lifetime and are
flying from Port of Spain to Rio. Suddenly their plane develops engine trouble. The
pilot is force to make a crash landing in the jungle about 50 kilometres west of
Obidos on the Amazon.
Miraculously the canopy of the Rainforest cushions
the fall to allow all the children and the pilot to survive. There are some injuries,
but with first aid and care, they will survive.
The unit is about survival, adventure and eventual
rescue.
Activity One - Dramatic re-enactment
Have groups plan and then act out a drama of the plane
crash. The drama starts when the pilot announces that there is engine trouble and
they will have to attempt a crash landing in the jungle.
- The drama should include the emergency drill in the
plane
- It concludes with the children and pilot climbing
their way down from the canopy of the jungle to the ground.
- • Have groups act out their dramas
to the rest of the class.
Activity Two - Final letters and
wills
There is a ten to fifteen minute interval between
the announcement of the forced landing and the pupils having to assume the crash
position.
- • Have
pupils write a last letter to their families and /or friends.
• Write
a 'quick last will
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