Exploring the Uncharted Waters!!!
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Your Exploration Tasks
On the Resources page you will find four famous explorers with links to their information sites. You are to read each of the sites and collect information. The information will then be used in a Venn diagram and for planning your own trip. You will be working in a group of 4. You may divide the tasks and each research 2 explorers, but you must share your findings with the group when assembling the database.
Background:
Your first task is to find out all you can about the different explorers. You have a sheet, the Semantic Resource Page link, (this page is in Word format) that has a list of questions to investigate about each explorer. Find the answers to each of the questions by clicking on the link about that explorer and reading the information. You can also add any facts or tidbits of information that you found interesting.
Comparing:
Your second task is to take the information from your Semantic Resource Page and create a Venn diagram comparing the explorers. Since you are working in a cooperative group of 4, you may form partnerships, with each member becoming an expert on one of the explorers. Share your information and create your Venn diagram using the information you have collected.
Voyage Route:
Your third task is to map out the routes that each of your explorers took on their explorations. Using 11 x 14 inch paper and 4 different colored pencils, draw the route the continent and route that each explorer took. Don’t forget that a good map has certain information on it that makes it easy for the explorer to read.
Click on the Investigation #1 to begin your exploration.