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 Term 2 2011

Arctic and Antarctic Explorers Our Topic this term is // **All About ... ** //**The World ** =We will be learning about:=

Explorers and Exploration

Our Big Questions : Why Explore? Who explored? How did they explore? Where did they explore? What happened afterwards? Do people still explore or have we found everything there is to find?

__ New Zealand Explorers __

Our homework task (Weeks 7 and 8) was to research a New Zealand explorer and present the findings in a PowerPoint presentation. Instructions were:

Include the following details about your explorer:
 * 1) Birth date and place.
 * 2) Family members.
 * 3) Timeline of their life.
 * 4) Challenges or struggles they faced.
 * 5) Major achievements with details.
 * 6) Where and when they died (if applicable).
 * 7) Any other interesting or relevant information.

Include an illustration/photograph of your explorer.

Choose from the following NZ Explorers:


 * Edmund Hillary
 * Thomas Brunner
 * Arthur Dudley Dobson
 * Julius von Haast
 * Charles Heaphy
 * Frank Worsley

Below are some of the Powerpoints:

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__ Arctic and Antarctic Explorers __

Our homework task (Weeks 9 and 10) was to research a person who has explored the Arctic (North Pole) or Antarctic (South Pole) and present the findings using ICT. Suggested ICTs included Powerpoint (standard presentation or ‘Pick-a-Path’), Glogster or Comic Life. Instructions were :

Include the following details about your explorer:
 * 1) Birth date and place.
 * 2) Family members.
 * 3) Timeline of their life.
 * 4) Challenges or struggles they faced.
 * 5) Major achievements with details.
 * 6) Where and when they died (if applicable).
 * 7) Any other interesting or relevant information.

Include an illustration/photograph of your explorer and include music as background to your presentation if it is possible. You must use at least one online source and one book for your research and you must list these on your PowerPoint.

Choose from the following Explorers:

__Antarctic__ Robert Peary Ann Bancroft Matthew Alexander Henson Admiral Richard E Byrd

__Arctic__ Roald Amundsen Robert Falcon Scott Ernest Shackleton Sir Ranulph Fiennes Douglas Mawson

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