Animated Lessons
Explorers
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South Pole - This site is dedicated to the heroic explorers of our polar regions and the surrounding islands. The tales of these brave souls were often related in expedition mail sent home to anxious loved ones and beneficiaries. As you browse through this site, you will witness an extensive mix of reference material that will be useful to philatelists and students of polar history alike. (Y, M, O, T)
Christopher's Crossing - Players must correctly answer questions about Christopher Columbus' first voyage. This allows them to spin the compass and roll the die as they move from Spain to the West Indies. The first player to land on San Salvador in the West Indies is the winner. Board game and questions included on webpage. Grades 3-5 (Y)
Explorers Card Game - Students will reinforce their knowledge of 11 explorers by matching 4 facts about each explorer. After playing the game several times, they should be able to match the explorer to at least 3 facts about him. Grades 6-8. (M)
Explorers of the Millennium - "Discover the greatest explorers and the places they traveled. Find more information about explorers that interest you. Tell us who we should add to our Hall of Fame. Sail over to the quiz...test what you know about explorers!" (Y, M, O, T)
Columbus Day - Columbus Day is the second Monday in October. Here's a collection of Columbus Day Fun from all over the web. (Y,M)
Live from Anarctica 2 - An educational website from NASA with lots of activities to include in an Antarctic unit study (M, O)
South Arís Expedition - "A group of experienced Irish sailors and mountaineers attempted to retrace the footsteps of the epic journey made by Ernest Shackleton in 1915. The Epic journey? Shackleton and Tom Crean (another Irish man) after being shipwrecked in pack ice made an 800 mile voyage in a tiny lifeboat across the inhospitable Southern Ocean from Elephant Island to South Georgia. On Landfall they had to traverse hostile mountains and glaciers across the island where they finally reached a whaling station - safety for them and their fellow sailors whom they returned to rescue. More about the original expedition can be found Here. (M, O)
Renaissance Exploration - Learn about tools used for navigation and how the exploration during the Renaissance Period enhanced world trade, also an activity that allows you to become a spice trader and see if you prosper or fail. (Y, M, O, T)
Discoverer's Web - Possibly the most extensive collection of information on explorers on the web, this text-only site has a link to multi-page sites on voyages of discovery, an alphabetical list of explorers, a list of explorers who died during their voyages, information on explorers in each geographiccal area and historical era. (M,O)
Explorers - From Enchanted Learning; indexed alphabetically, geographical area, and date. (Y,M)