Exploring the Uncharted Waters!!!
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In-depth Investigation #4
PLANNING YOUR GROUP VOYAGE
Now that you and your group are well prepared with information about previous explorers and their quests, it is time for you to plan your own voyage. In your groups of 4, you must:
1. Travel from one continent to another continent.
2. You must have a crew list for each ship in your entourage, and there must be more than one ship. Describe the title and duties of the at least 4 people that are needed to run a ship.
3. Make an inventory of the foods you will need on your voyage. Give an estimate, in pounds, of how much you will need of at least 5 different types of food for all the people on the voyage. Will the captain and certain others have more or different kinds of foods than the regular “ship hands?”
4. What will you drink while on the voyage? How much will you need per person for the voyage?
5. Will you bring hunting or fishing items? Will you bring defensive weapons? Make sure you list and describe what you think you will need.
6. Do you plan to stop anywhere along your voyage and take on food supplies? If so, where will you stop? Name the port, its latitude and longitude, how long you will stay, and what will you take on board. How will you pay for your supplies?
7. Describe what type of clothing will you take on your journey. Tell about the climate that you are departing from and the climate to which you are sailing.
8. Finally, don’t forget about repairs to your ships. Will you take repair material with you? What things do you think you might need? Nails, rope, sail cloth, etc? Describe how the supplies might be used.
Your group will present your findings to the entire class. To accomplish this you might: make posters to chart your findings, a skit that dramatizes your preparation and voyage, write a poem that chronicles your experience (an ode), draw and explain a story board that shows your preparations and voyage, make a home video to show in class of your information, make a simple PowerPoint presentation in your computer lab, write a short story book with illustrations to share your findings. If you have other ideas, check with the teacher to see if you report your findings in another way.
Another "fun activity."
Pretend that you are a sailor in 1850. Your ship is wrecked and you are one of the few survivors on an island. You have a bottle, paper and a pen.
Write an account of what has happened to you, where you think you are and how you are surviving. Then to make the paper look old, either burn it around the edges, or stain it with lemon juice. Then put it in the bottle.
NOTE TO TEACHERS - These are tricky to read but fun for the students!