Survival at Sea

In this activity we were given a stituations that were were on a liferaft with a certain amount of materials and we were suppose to rank them from most important to least important by numbering them 1-15.  My top two picks would be the shaving mirror and water for a basic way to communicate for help and to be able to survive for a while.  While my bottom two choices would be the Map of the Pacific Ocean and the small radio because you don't know where you r in the Pacific and the radio only recieves transmissions, but doesn't send them.  My group prioritized that food and water were the most important things because the need to survive.  While the thought the shaving mirror and oil were in the middle or low ranking because they weren't necessary, however I kenw that they could be used as ways for signaling help.  Some things that my group and I ranked similarly was the 20 square feet of plastic sheeting because it can be used as a way to protect yourself for the sun. We worked tegether by picking our top choices and discussing why they were so important. Some of our choices compared to the Coast gaurds choice was way of like the misquito netting and fishing kit because we thought these things could be used to catch food easier. What I would put moe weight in would be experimental data because it tests your theory and actual proves that if it works or not.