Exploration Concept Map & Virtual Case Study

Use this Concept Map to help you to unpack your chosen case study.

Work from the inside out, keeping in mind the Lines of Inquiry and the Central Idea as you are recording your ideas.

Exploration:

• What is the exploration you have chosen?
• Who was involved?
• How did the exploration take place?

Curiosity & Motivation:

• What were the reasons for exploration? Consider both personal and historical reasons.

Discovery & Consequences:

• What discoveries were made on this exploration?
• What were the consequences of this exploration? Consider both personal consequences for the explorer and the more global impact.

• Your world MUST include interactive components, where the viewer can click on aspects of the journey and learn information about what the explorers/adventurers endured/went through.
• The virtual world should be a summary/overview of the entire journey - not just a visual masterpiece of a “trip to the moon”
• Remember to use .PNG images when adding images on top of backgrounds to avoid having white or coloured backgrounds.
• Use multiple slides, or additional websites to link to, that invite the reader to discover new/extra information about:
  1. The explorers
  2. The journey/exploration itself
  3. Focus on our concepts and key concepts shown on your concept map: motivation, consequences, curiosity, etc.
• Use GOOGLE SLIDES to create your Virtual World and make sure that you and your partner/trio share this with Mrs G.

NOTE: If you are creating your world based on The Gold Rush in Florida, ensure that the images you select relate back to the exploration and they aren’t random imagery that have no link! Be clever in how you set up and design your world for others to explore.