Conclusion

You will have learned an awful lot from this WebQuest, and you will learn even more from the practical work which will probably follow it. You are not very likely ever to find yourself in a truly life-threatening situation like this, but who knows, and if you do you will now have some idea of how to start surviving.

Above all we hope you have become more aware of some things you might not have thought of before. For example:-

• Without proper shelter the human body can only survive in a surprisingly narrow range of temperatures.
  
  
• Rain can be dangerous - in cold conditions you must be able to keep dry, and dry out again after getting wet. If you can't, you may not survive.
  
  
• Wind can also be dangerous. It need not be a terrific gale either. If you are wet and exposed, even a fairly gentle wind can be a killer if it is only a few degrees below freezing.
  
  
• Have you thought of how much we depend on energy of various kinds - especially electricity. It would be interesting sometime to write a story (for Literacy perhaps) where all electricity in the world has been destroyed by a virus. There is no electricity of any kind - ever again. Just think of all the things that would no longer work. Central heating for a start - without a pump to circulate the water, the radiators don't get hot (and the boiler explodes!!).

More than anything though, we hope you enjoyed it!