Name______________________________________Class____Date_____________________________Mr.Grad
READ THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH AND
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS BELOW
You are stranded on a
After searching through your
pockets you find the following and nothing else. Five dollars
in cash. ThirtyFive cents. two feet
of string. and a half of a Butterfinger candy bar. You
look at your watch and it is
1. How will you spend the first
morning and afternoon on the island?
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2. Make a list of those things that
are basic to your survival and must be obtained immediately. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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3. What is the first tool
you will construct?
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4.
What materials on the island will you rely mostly on?
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5.
You have been on the island four weeks, all your basic needs are being
satisfied, make a list of any other items you may now want to have on the
island _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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6.
List three other tools or inventions you made on the island since you first
arrived.
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7. What new resources on the island
have you used since you arrived?
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8.
It is now seven weeks since you been lost on the island, what do you most want
or desire besides getting off the island?
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9. What is your definition of technology?
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