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Student Worksheet – The Extreme Place Race: A Lesson in Survival
Student Worksheet – The Extreme Place Race: A Lesson in Survival
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| How do reality TV shows select their locations? What factors do they consider in making their final selection? Have you ever thought how contestants would survive in an extreme location in your province? Which location would you choose? It probably is not as easy as it would appear. In this lesson, you will be given 5 places. Pretend you have been hired to evaluate each place and recommend to the producers which one will fit their criteria. You have to consider that they need to transport their personnel and equipment, and emergency facilities are required to be nearby. Points will be awarded for each piece of information. Your first task is to follow directions on the worksheet to find this information and create a profile of each place. Then you will calculate your score to see how "extreme" each place is. Part of your score will also be points awarded for your cooperative skills in completing your tasks. Your teacher will go over these skills before you begin. The final score to declare the winner(s) of the race will be a combination of your information score, your cooperative skills score and bonus points if you have the right prediction. Follow directions carefully. Don’t lose any unnecessary points. Have fun!
*Note to teacher: If you like, you can print up the reference maps for the students by following directions 3 to 7. Students can then begin at number 8.
For this lesson we will be examining the following 5 places
in Newfoundland and Labrador:
- Esker (near Labrador City)
- Pack’s Harbour (east coast
of Labrador)
- Buchans (central Island of Newfoundland)
- Gaultois (south coast of the Island
of Newfoundland)
- River of
Ponds (west coast of the
Great Northern Peninsula of the
island of Newfoundland)
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Tip: A click is a command. Click and wait. Do not click several times. The computer will not go any faster.
- Log on to The Atlas of Canada at atlas.gc.ca
- Click on the English button.
- We will need a reference map. On the left under Explore
Our Maps, move the cursor arrow to Reference
Maps. Move to the pop-out menu on the
right, and then click on Provincial and Territorial, and
when the new page appears click on Newfoundland
and Labrador.
Tip: If you are not successful the first
time, try steps 1 to 3 again. A computer is just a machine
and it only does what you tell it to do.
- A screen will appear. Click on View this map as
a JPEG. We
will use this map as a reference. Take a moment to look
closely and see what information it contains. Can you find
the legend?
Tip: Be patient when downloading maps.
- Click on Printable Version above the
upper left corner of the map.
- Locate the printer symbol on your screen. Click, and when
the window appears, click Print.
Tip: Refer to this map often. You may need
it to complete your organizer.
- In the menus on the top of the page click on the Home button.
- Select Advanced Search, the select the Search
for the location of a place on a map option.
One by one by following the instructions 9 to 17, you are
to examine each place, and fill in the requested information
on your organizer.
- Click on the box next to Newfoundland
and Labrador and
a check mark will appear. Type in the name of the places
listed previously, for example, Esker. Click on the arrow button.
On your organizer sheet, write its latitude and longitude
coordinates. Then click the link with the place name to display
a map showing its location.
- When map appears, fill as much information
as you can on your organizer about the region around the
place. For Distance From Nearest Town, and
Distance From Nearest Airport, use the scale
on the map.
- Move cursor arrow to Zoom In tool on
the top. Click on this tool button to turn it on. Then, move
the hand over the name of your place, and click. An enlarged
map will appear. Note nearby water forms (rivers, lakes,
oceans).
- Repeat steps 10 to 11 as instructed and find information
about the remaining four places.
- On your printed reference map, show where each place you
researched is found. Be sure to label neatly.
- You have completed as much information as you can using
the Atlas of Canada. Use your printed reference map and an
atlas to find any missing information.
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