Hatchet Survival project Brian has survived for months in the wilderness all alone As time has passed he has grown to understand his environment and his surroundings more and more Pg 129 Using the sky to survive ID: 482315
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Phase 2
Hatchet Survival project Slide2
Brian has survived for months in the wilderness all alone. As time has passed he has grown to understand his environment and his surroundings more and more.
Pg. 129
Using the sky to surviveSlide3
I think it is safe to say that Brian has become like another animal in the wilderness. He is just another living being in the woods – not a human being different than the rest.
Group Think: How do animals navigate and understand the world?
(How do animals know how to get back home? How do geese know where to fly when going south for the winter? How do whales find their way around the massive ocean?) What questions do
YOU have?
Create a mind map of ideas.
Brian the animal?Slide4
Brian has survived by getting in touch with his environment and using nature for guidance. For
centuries people have used the stars and the sun as their most reliable tool since they are fixed in space and our sky. Astronomy is the oldest of the sciences, and quite possibly the oldest use of astronomy is navigating by the stars. This craft dates from prehistoric times among humans, and is even practiced by certain animals
.
Dung Beetles use the Milky Way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH-
qJ5aCAbU
Vikings
used sundials http://www.livescience.com/1320-vikings-navigated-cloudy-days.htmlAnimal navigationhttp://science.howstuffworks.com/zoology/all-about-animals/animal-migration4.htmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbHSkZySTBwTurtle magnetismhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeMQtl9p0q4
History of the skySlide5
Compasses
http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/hiking/
compass.htm
GPS
http://digitalgeographic.com/resources/kids/
gps.shtml
Modern Day devicesSlide6
The needle on a compass always points north.
There are four cardinal points of direction: North, East, South and West
You can remember the order of these directions with your own saying. I use “Never Eat Shredded Wheat”
Draw an example of a compass and write an explanation of how it works in your own words.
compassesSlide7Slide8
Mind map
How has Brian
used the sky in
his day to day
wilderness living?Slide9
Guiding Questions:
How has Brian been able to count the days he has been lost?
What really is a day?
Key Vocabulary: rotation, 24 hours, counter clockwise, east, west, axis, 23.5
degrees
, sun
How the sun “travels”Slide10Slide11
These two pictures of the same tree trunk in the
Northern Hemisphere are an example of a navigational terrain feature. The left picture shows the northern side of a trunk, where darker and more humid micro climatic conditions favor moss growth. The right picture is south, with sunnier and drier conditions, less favorable for moss growth. The shady side is not always opposite the noon side.
http://
www.magazine.ordnancesurveyleisure.co.uk
/magazine/
tscontent
/editorials/outdoor-skills/map-and-navigation-skills/sun-moon-and-
stars.html