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Lab Final: amazing mystery island

Migration

Where is the island located?

It can be in progressany sea on earth.
  • It is an island, after all...
Must include:
  • Latitude and longitude 
  • Island population between 2-1000
  • At least 3 streams from mountains to sea
  • At least 3 ahupua’a bounded by ridges with a stream in the middle
  • A renewable energy source
  • At least one active volcano
  • At least 3 biomes
Flora and fauna:
  • Pigs.
  • Chickens
  • 1 animal of choice (NOT a unicorn)
  • Each animal can be any known or unknown breed.
Transportation:
  • to and from the island (no spaceships or teleportation)
  • around the island (bike, ev, emoped?)
A structure:
  • House at least 2 people comfortably and safely.
  • Sustainable: made of local materials
  • Harvest your own energy (solar, tidal, geothermal-no nuclear or fossil fuels)
  • Grow your own food for two people year round
  • Harvest your own water for two people, year round
  • Purify water (this can be filters, but no chlorine)
Questions: to be added as text boxes on your awesome poster of awesomeness:
  • What seasons it it has and how do the seasons affect the island?
  • Which angle the sun dial has to be at in order to work properly?
  • How many hours from GMT. (East or west)?
  • What is the weather on your island?
  • How could I get there from a spot you choose on the planet (navigation)
  • What stars could you see from there?
  • What is the ocean like around your island (reefs, surfing, fishing)?
  • Pick a spot on your island for an earthquake and pick another spot farther away and show the P and S waves in a sample diagram, including times
  • If a person were lost on one part of your island, locate them using peaks (triangulation)
  • Calculate the altitude of the tallest volcano or mountain using tangent
  • Show at least one part of your island that is vulnerable to tsunamis, and another that is protected
  • Draw a line on your island of the predicted sea level in 2100, when you are about 90 years old




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