Day 1

            Field trip - (Approximately 5 hours and 15 minutes) - Introduction to S.O.S. Mini Museum project done over
            the two week period

            (20 minutes) - Write in journals.Ý See Reading and Journals lesson plan

            (45 minutes) - Read Chapters 1 and 2 of The Voyage of the Frog and write in journals.Ý
            See Reading and Journal lesson plan

            Lesson - (Approximately 2.5 hours) - Stranded!Ý An introduction to survival skills

            (2 hours) - S.O.S. Mini Museum - Research and Design

Day 3

            Lesson - (Approximately 5 hours) - Orienteering /Mapping.Ý Done before students read Chapters 3 and 4

            (45 minutes) - Read Chapters 3 and 4 and write in journals.Ý See Reading and Journal lesson plan

            (2 hours) - S.O.S. Mini Museum - Team Roles and Blueprints 

Day 4

            (45 minutes) - Read Chapters 5 and 6 and write in journals.Ý See Reading and Journal lesson plan

            Lesson - (Approximately 1.5 hours) - Weather - Water Purification (Part 1)

            Lesson - (Approximately 1.5 hours) - Morse Code

            (2 hours) - S.O.S. Mini Museum - Construction 

Day 5

            Lesson - (Approximately 2 hours) - Weather - Winds (Part 2) and Air Pressure and Barometer (Part 3)Ý

            (45 minutes) - Read Chapters 7 and 8 and write in journals.Ý See Reading and Journal lesson plan

            (2 hours) - S.O.S. Museum - Construction 

Day 6
 
            (45 minutes) - Read Chapters 9 and 10 and write in journals.Ý See Reading and Journal lesson plan
 
            Lesson - (Approximately 1 hour) - Weather - Half of Coriolis Effect and General Wind Circulation (Part 4)
 
            (15 minutes) - Check barometers for 5 minutes, 3 times a day.Ý See Barometer lesson plan

            (2 hours) - S.O.S. Mini Museum - Construction

            Lesson - (Approximately 2 hours) - Media!Ý An introduction to the media activity.Ý Done over the last week of the
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Day 7

            (45 minutes) - Read Chapters 11 and 12 and write in journals.Ý See Reading and Journal lesson plan
 
            (15 minutes) - Check barometers for 5 minutes, 3 times a day.Ý See Barometer lesson plan

            Lesson - (Approximately 2 hours) - Real Life Survivals.......

            (2 hours) - S.O.S. Mini Museum - Construction

            (1 hour) - MediaÝÝÝ 

Day 8

            (45 minutes) - Read Chapters 13 and 14 and write in journals.Ý See Reading and Journal lesson plan

            Lesson - (Approximately 2 hours) - Weather - Finish Coriolis Effect and General Wind Circulation (Part 4) and
            Start Storms of the Sea (Part 5)
 
            (15 minutes) - Check barometers for 5 minutes, 3 times a day.Ý See Barometer lesson plan

            (2 hours) - S.O.S. Mini Museum - Official Presentation

            (1 hour) - Media 

Day 9

            (45 minutes) - Read Chapters 15 and 16 and write in journals.Ý See Reading and Journal lesson plan

            (3 Hours) - Weather - Finish Storms of the Sea (Part 5) and Waves (Part 6)

            (15 minutes) - Check barometers for 5 minutes, 3 times a day.Ý See Barometer lesson plan

            (2 hours) - Media 

Day 10

            (45 minutes) - Read Chapters 17 and 18 and write in journals.Ý See Reading and Journal lesson plan

            (15 minutes) - Check barometers for 5 minutes, 3 times a day.Ý See Barometer lesson plan

            (1 hour) - S.O.S. Mini Museum - Presentation

            (1 hour) - Media - Presentation

            (1 hour) - Weather - Currents (Part 7)

            Lesson - (Approximately 2 Hours) - Creative Writing - Conclusion of The Voyage of the Frog

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