Gast+Hoffman+Reffit+Project

I WILL ASSIGN YOU A PARTNER, USE THE WIKI TO COLLABORATE ON THIS PROJECT.

GO TO THE LINK, AND COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT - write your answers using this template following each question

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Learning Advice Castaway Group Template Begin your journey and answer the following questions by using the correlating pictures and websites as references to help answer them.
 * 1) Have fun!
 * 2) Write down things you have observed that you find interesting.
 * 3) Also write down questions or comments you have about the experience.
 * 4) Take notice of everything around you, in the pictures, and on the website links to piece everything together.
 * 5) Try to identify food, land formations and other things by looking them up in your textbook, and online.
 * 6) Refer back to the **Task** page to ensure you complete all of the assignment.

** · ****Write down your answers below each question in complete sentences for full credit*** **Refer to the pictures on the website** []

[|Click Here] for more info and history on rice terraces


 * 1.** What can you tell me about the vegetation on the island? What other places can you think of that have the same kind of vegetation? What countries have rice teraces like these? The vegitation is very tropical. Some other places that may have this type of vegetation are Madagascar. China and the Phillipenes have rice teraces like these.


 * 2.** What specific landforms and physical geography can you identify from this picture? What does that tell you about this island?Mountains with lots of water access with massive hills. Its in the Western hemisphere.


 * 3**. Along your path you notice different kinds of fruit. Can you identify them? What kind of climate do these kinds of fruit grow in?Pinneaple and coconut. They grow in a tropical climate.

Click on [|Buko Salad] to learn how to combine these fruits to make a delicious native dessert


 * 4**. Without warning a bright flash sparks in the corner of your eye only to be followed by a loud clap of thunder that echoes throughout the sky. The winds pick up at fierce speeds blowing warm rain sideways and your make-shift hat off your head! It's a hurricane!

Click [|HERE] to find out more about these gigantic storms that are all too common in the Pacific and Atlanic Oceans. Observe the different charts that tell you more about hurricanes and tropical storms in the Eastern Pacific. Also pay attention to which countries they mention are hit the most often. a)What months of the year do hurricanes happen the most often? The Fall months b)Does this help give you an idea where you may be? Lower western hemisphere Describe the native culture that you encounter. Not that aggressive and have mixed language of spanish and english, mixture of music. Variety of forms of art What are some skills/knowledge that you could learn from this culture?.Their way of language/literature and how they survive and their daily chores. After some of the local tribes helped to feed and shelter you, they guide you onto a path that leads to a town. On the trail your memory starts to come back and you begin to put the pieces back together of what really happened.... a beginning of another mystery I liked that it was very tropical and warm, easy weather to luve with. Lots of fruit to eat, never a shortage. Native people easy to live with and very helpful.
 * 5**. After hiking all day and night through hurricanes and bug infested jungles you come upon something that resembles civilization.
 * Remember to write three things that you learned and liked about your island.
 * *Extra Credit* Write me a **short (one page, no more)** explanation of how you got home and what really happened on your flight. **(use your imagination! I know you have one)**
 * By now you should have a pretty good idea of where you are. You have been a castaway on one of the islands of the Philippines. To find out a lot more about this culturally rich country click on the Resource link and visit the link label; **Philippines.** This link will take you to a very informative page where you will learn everything you wanted to know and didn't really want to know.