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G4UOI: Where we are in Place and TIme

A guide to accompany G4 Units of Inquiry with additional resources

Exploration can lead to discoveries, opportunities and shifts in thinking.

Lines of Inquiry

1. Reasons for exploration (Causation)
2. Changes in Exploration over time.(Change)
3. Ways exploration impacts our understanding (Perspective)

Passwords to databases

Accessible to students and teachers with a CIS email account.

Britannica Explorer resources

BrainPop - Explorers and Scientists

Wonder With Wonderopolis

Route Maps

Explorer Route Maps

Videos on Land and sea Exploration

Other videos on discoveries on Crash Course YouTube Channel

Solar Expeditions

Resources

Links

Kid Rex
Mr. Nussbaum Mr. Nussbaum famous explorer links
History.com Exploration
In the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, Europeans began to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean in search of new routes to China and the East. In 1492, Christopher Columbus made his famous voyage and charted a course to the New World, but had the Vikings been there first?
Biography.com Exporers
Throughout the centuries, brave explorers have fearlessly traveled the globe and beyond to discover new lands, people, animal species, riches and glory.

Listen to a rap song about explorers.
Click on the hyperlinks for lots of interesting information.

Answer the Challenge Questions.
Complete Fill in the Blanks activity.

Online resources