Motivation
As a part of the USCG Drug Interdiction Team you have been informed of a shipment of drugs that is being transported across the Great Lakes.  The informant knew when it would be shipped but not on which boat.  If this shipment would ever reach the streets it would be worth one million dollars.  Your assignment is to determine where the ship has been and make a guess about where it is going so that the Coast Guard can stop them in the middle of the lake and have no opportunity to meet with their contact.  There are five ships that are being tracked.  Their call signs are:

Activity
Choose one of these five Ships.  To find out what each ship is like click on the ship name.

    Locate a ship on the Marine Observations Web Site.  Call signs for ships may be choosen at random since the actual name of the ship is not known.
    On your Tracking Log:

• List its longitude, latitude, date, and time on the data table.
• List the positions over the last seven hours giving the longitude, latitude, date, and time.
• Plot these 8 positions on a map of the Great Lakes.
• Look at the map of the Great Lakes.  Based on your map make a guess where it is going.

Ships were originally located by using the NOAA Interactive Marine Observations site.

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Success in your assignment will be determined on the following basis.
 

Scoring Rubric for Drug Smugglers

Part of Assignment	Excellent - 4 pts each	Good - 3 pts each	Fair - 2 pts each	Poor - 1 point each
Current location of ships	All five ships have been accurately plotted	Most of the ships are accurately plotted	Some of the ships are accurately plotted	None of the ships are accurately plotted
Plotting previous ship locations	All previous locations are plotted accurately	Most of the previous locations are plotted accurately	Some of the previous locations are plotted accurately	None previous locations are plotted accurately
Ship data tables	All previous data is accurately recorded	Most of the previous locations are plotted accurately	Some of the previous locations are plotted accurately	None of the previous locations are plotted accurately
Future course	Most likely destination	Probable destination	Possible destination	Destination not likely
Finding Information	Found all information as instructed	Found information with some assistance	Found information with a lot of assistance	Could not find any information

Worksheet needed:

Ship 1 Call Sign ___________
Name ______________________
Destination _________________

Position	Latitude	Longitude	Date	Time
Current
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Ship 2 Call Sign ___________
Name ______________________
Destination _________________

Position	Latitude	Longitude	Date	Time
Current
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Ship 3 Call Sign ___________
Name ______________________
Destination _________________

Position	Latitude	Longitude	Date	Time
Current
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Ship 4 Call Sign ___________
Name ______________________
Destination _________________

Position	Latitude	Longitude	Date	Time
Current
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Ship 5 Call Sign ___________
Name ______________________
Destination _________________

Position	Latitude	Longitude	Date	Time
Current
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Great Lakes Map goes here