exploration

Looks at the travels of explorers Marco Polo, Ernest Shackleton, Amelia Earhart, Thor Heyerdahl, and Neil Armstrong.

Tells the story of how people became aware of their physical place on the planet, discussing how observations of nature--such as the migration patterns of birds, river and ocean currents, and the movements of the sun, moon, and stars--led to the development of mapping and navigation.

These lively and engaging PowerPoint? presentations (on DVD) help teachers walk students step by step through the process of analyzing and interpreting photographs, posters, political cartoons, period illustrations, and other types of visual primary sources. Each presentation also comes with extra primary source images (included on the same CD as the PowerPoint?) for students to analyze on their own.

Four scientists, all female--an anthropolotgist, a surveyor; a psychologist who is the leader; and a biologist, the narrator--infiltrate Area X, the twelfth expedition into this Edenic paradise that has claimed the lives of the previous eleven expedition members. However, it is the secrets these four women take in, rather than what they find there, that will likely be their downfall.

Some of the most exciting journeys and discoveries of all time are portrayed through one hundred facts, fantastic illustrations, and fun cartoons. Read about courageous explorers and the challenges they faced, what routes they took, and how their quests changed history and set incredible records.

Samuel de Champlain established the first French colony in Quebec. He also mapped unknown territories, such as the coast of Canada and Lake Champlain in current day Vermont. Readers will follow along as Champlain meets Native American groups, builds Quebec City, and much more in the pages of the illustrated, inviting biography.

Presents the stories of ten explorers whose discoveries influenced the course of world events, and shows how these pioneers were linked even though their adventures occurred at different points in history.

Maps and text offer detailed information on nations, empires, explorers, and expeditions between 1450 and 1800 that shaped the modern world.

Examines the successes and failures of some of the pioneering mariners who set out from Spain and Portugal beginning in the mid-fifteenth century to establish trade routes and explore new worlds.

Presents a concise history of early expeditions and explorers around the world including the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Vikings, and Chinese, as well as the discovery of the Americas and the North and South Poles.