Rapid ResponseSaving the heritage of Honduras

News alertAs you know, a violent hurricane has hit HondurasNear the capital city is an important heritage siteThe Copa site houses some of the most important Mayan artefacts in the worldA dam nearby is threatening to burstIf it did, it would flood the valley containing the site and destroy the artefacts

Your jobAs an archaeologist you will lead a team to save as much as you can from the siteYou will have to choose what to save and what to leave behindYou will have a team of twenty people to help youThe government can spare no more

Key termMan-hour = the amount of work one person can do in one hourIf something takes ten man-hours, it either means one person working solidly for ten hours or two for five or ten for one

What do you haveThe dam will probably burst in the next twelve hoursIt is estimated that you have eleven hours of safetyIf you have a team of twenty one people, how many man-hours do you have?231

What can you save?There are several different artefacts you can save, on your desk is a booklet explaining what they are and how rare they areYour booklet also explains how long they will take to remove from the site

What you need to doUsing the sheets provided, you will have to decide how you will allocate your 231 man-hoursYou have to choose how many and which of the objects you will rescueThere may be changes to be made, the situation can get worse!

TaskWorking in your groups you will have fifteen minutes to complete the table that you have been givenYou will need to make sure you work closely together to save as much as you can.It is not possible to save everything. You will have to sacrifice something. Scientists have reported that the dam will burst an hour earlier than thought, youve just lost twenty one man-hours. What will you give up?

How did you do?Each of the artefacts you resuced will now be countedThere are a certain number of points available for each one savedYou will tally up how many points you have made by saving artefacts

ArtefactPoints for each one saved201080502001007565

So?Lets see who made the most points?