You are a group of scientists who specialize in public health. Our mandate is to prevent epidemics and threats to the general health of the public. Your current concern is the possibility of a proliferation of vampires resulting from the release of Count Dracula from his grave, where he has been trapped for over a hundred years.
Voivode Dracula (1431 - 476) was Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia )a province of Romania bordered to the north by Transylvania and Moldavia, to the east by the Back Sea, and to the south by Bulgaria). He was known as a brilliant, courageous, cunning and clever general who defeated the Turkish army. He was also known as Vlad the Impaler, for impaling tens of thousands of victims on sharpened stakes. In 1459, on St. Bartholomew's Day, for example, Dracula had 30,000 of the citizens of the city of Brasov impaled, arranging the stakes in various geometric formations in front of the city. He was also a noted statesman and scholar. His mighty brain, iron resolution, and immense cruelty made him a formidable adversary. Although he supposedly was killed in battle in 1476 by the Turks, it soon became apparent that he had become a vampire. He adopted the title of count and terrorized that region of Europe until he was imprisoned in his grave in the late 1800s by a team of English scientists and adventurers. The exact whereabouts of his grave were hidden to prevent any misguided soul from freeing him.
Archaeologists excavating an ancient castle in Transylvania have uncovered Count Dracula's crypt and coffin. They plan to open the casket, and when they do they will release Count Dracula once more into the world. Not believing in the danger, the archaeologists are inviting television crews to film the opening, hoping the publicity will help them raise money. You, however, know the truth. Vampires do exist, and once released, count Dracula will create at least five more vampires a day, each of whom will in turn create five more vampires a day. In a very short time vampires could be terrorizing the the whole world. Your group has the responsibility of preventing this world disaster by destroying Count Dracula before he can begin. Your plan must include:
a. The procedures you will use to destroy Dracula
b. The procedures you will use to protect yourself from Dracula
c. A description of Dracula's strengths and weaknesses that must be overcome and exploited
d. The time of day Dracula will be destroyed
Pooling the resources of your group, you have 12 relevant items. Your task is to rank these items according to their importance to your quest to prevent a reign of terror by Count Dracula, starting with 1 for the most important item and ending with 12 for the least important item. There is a certain order we're looking.
First you will order them yourself based on the information you find.
Secondly you will negotiate with each other to see how the entire group would like to see them ordered.
Thirdly I will put down the expert's ranking to see how close you come as a group.
Strategies to defeat Dracula - as you research the different items jot down notes for each other according to the four categories on this page.
Voivode Dracula (1431 - 476) was Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia )a province of Romania bordered to the north by Transylvania and Moldavia, to the east by the Back Sea, and to the south by Bulgaria). He was known as a brilliant, courageous, cunning and clever general who defeated the Turkish army. He was also known as Vlad the Impaler, for impaling tens of thousands of victims on sharpened stakes. In 1459, on St. Bartholomew's Day, for example, Dracula had 30,000 of the citizens of the city of Brasov impaled, arranging the stakes in various geometric formations in front of the city. He was also a noted statesman and scholar. His mighty brain, iron resolution, and immense cruelty made him a formidable adversary. Although he supposedly was killed in battle in 1476 by the Turks, it soon became apparent that he had become a vampire. He adopted the title of count and terrorized that region of Europe until he was imprisoned in his grave in the late 1800s by a team of English scientists and adventurers. The exact whereabouts of his grave were hidden to prevent any misguided soul from freeing him.
Archaeologists excavating an ancient castle in Transylvania have uncovered Count Dracula's crypt and coffin. They plan to open the casket, and when they do they will release Count Dracula once more into the world. Not believing in the danger, the archaeologists are inviting television crews to film the opening, hoping the publicity will help them raise money. You, however, know the truth. Vampires do exist, and once released, count Dracula will create at least five more vampires a day, each of whom will in turn create five more vampires a day. In a very short time vampires could be terrorizing the the whole world. Your group has the responsibility of preventing this world disaster by destroying Count Dracula before he can begin. Your plan must include:
a. The procedures you will use to destroy Dracula
b. The procedures you will use to protect yourself from Dracula
c. A description of Dracula's strengths and weaknesses that must be overcome and exploited
d. The time of day Dracula will be destroyed
Pooling the resources of your group, you have 12 relevant items. Your task is to rank these items according to their importance to your quest to prevent a reign of terror by Count Dracula, starting with 1 for the most important item and ending with 12 for the least important item. There is a certain order we're looking.
First you will order them yourself based on the information you find.
Secondly you will negotiate with each other to see how the entire group would like to see them ordered.
Thirdly I will put down the expert's ranking to see how close you come as a group.
Strategies to defeat Dracula - as you research the different items jot down notes for each other according to the four categories on this page.