Lost at Sea

Set the Scene

You are on an oceanographic expedition with three friends, across the Atlantic Ocean. Luckily because none of you have any previous sailing experience, there is an experienced skipper and two-person crew.

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Unfortunately in mid Atlantic a fierce fire breaks out in the ships galley and the skipper and crew have been lost whilst trying to fight the blaze. Much of the ship is destroyed and is slowly sinking.

Your location is unclear because vital navigational and radio equipment have been damaged in the fire. Your best estimate is that you are many hundreds of miles from the nearest landfall.

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You and your friends have managed to save 15 items, undamaged and intact after the fire. In addition, you have salvaged a four man rubber life craft and a box of matches.

Your task is to rank the 15 items in terms of their importance for you, as you wait to be rescued.

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Place the number 1 by the most important item, the number 2 by the second most important and so forth until you have ranked all 15 items

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The Math

1. Use the ranking chart to rank the 15 items individually

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The Math

• Use the ranking chart to rank the 15 items individually
• Once done we will work in lab groups to rank the items. Add those numbers to column 2

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The Math

• Use the ranking chart to rank the 15 items individually
• Once done we will work in your Lab Groups to rank the items. Add those numbers to column 2
• Compare your individual ranking and the group ranking to the Coast Guards Do this by:
1. For each item, mark the number of points that your score differs from the Coast Guard ranking and then add up all the points. Disregard plus or minus differences. The lower the total, the better your score

Coast Guard Rankings

Coast Guard Rankings

You Scores