As part of our Impact Study think about EXPLORERS
who tried to find out more about deserts, rainforests and polar regions.
Search one of the links below and answer the following questions about exploration.
Highlight the 'air' sound words in your answers.
When did they explore this area?
How did they travel?
What equipment did they bring?
What did they find there?
What dangers did they face?
Why did they explore the region?
Dr David Livingstone faced bugs,wild dogs and animal hunters if he was alone.He travelled by boat with a crew.He needed a stick,gun and spears and water.Him and his crew found new species of plants and animals he also discovered the country Tanzinia.He loved the continent Africa he hated slavery to animals.
ReplyDelete1. Ernest Shackleton started exploring during the period 1901 to 1909.
ReplyDelete2. He travelled by ship.
3. They brought ponies, food and a sledge and even a motor car.
4. They found a volcano Mount Erebus and very low temperatures below -20 degrees.
5. They faced bitter cold, long hours of darkness and snow blindness, sunburn and frostbite.
6. They explored the region to reach the South Pole.
Originally a Yorkshire family, the Shackleton's had moved to County Kildare in Ireland where Ernest was born on February 15th 1874. His father hoped for Ernest to enter the field of medicine, though Ernest had other ideas, at the age of 16 he joined his first ship sailing out of Liverpool. He took naturally to a life at sea and progressed through the ranks, by the time he was 24 he was qualified to command a British ship anywhere she may be. In the summer of 1900, Shackleton volunteered for the National Antarctic Expedition that Robert Falcon Scott was in the process of arranging. He was accepted as third lieutenant in charge of holds, stores, provisions and deep sea water analysis and left on this expedition in 1901, the Discovery expedition.
ReplyDeleteThis was not a successful voyage for Shackleton as he became ill with scurvy and though wanting to remain in the south had to be taken back home earlier than he wished on the relief ship Morning.Shackleton was chosen to be leader of an expedition to leave for Antarctica in 1907 aboard the ship Nimrod, not the first choice of ship, but as in many Antarctic expeditions, one forced by the available budget. The Nimrod sailed initially for New Zealand on August 7th 1907.From New Zealand, the Nimrod was towed by another vessel the Koonya in order to save coal that would be used at a great rate once the ship met pack ice. Douglas Mawson an Australian geologist had secured a place on the expedition and the subsequent journey to the South magnetic pole. On January 14th 1908, the an iceberg was sighted for the first time, shortly afterwards the Koonya cast her line off and the Nimrod sailed free and was now on her own.
Marco polo explored this area for 24 years they traveled with foot horse and boat, they brung a couple of things like spades shuvels and food and other clothes.
ReplyDeleteMarco found signs that he didnt know and he found hills of sand ones that he didnt see before he found and spoke to lots of people.
They did not face many dangers and i dont no witch ones he did face and they explored that region because i never has been in a desert before so they were very exited to explore and find out so they went to explore the desert Marco Polo and his dad went to explore the region i found this information good my self
Marco Polo was a Christian Merchant who left Venice when he was seventeen years old. Marco Polo was away from 1271 to 1295 which means he was travelling for twenty four years.Marco Polo traveled by boat to the middle East, then across land, over mountains and then across the Gobi desert to China. Marco Polo would have taken food, water, cooking equipment, basic tools etc. On his journey he found porcelain, silk, gunpowder, paper money and printing. The dangers Marco faced were robbers, Cold in the mountains, heat in the desert, wild animals and lack of water and food.Marco Polo went to explore China to find trade because his father and uncle had been in that area before
ReplyDelete1.Dr David Livingstone explored Africa from 1840 to until he died at the age of sixty 1873.
ReplyDelete2.He traveled by boat/canue with his crew.
3.They used something called a pocket knife.
4.He was the first to see Victoria Falls.
5.He faced a lion and lost the use of his left arm.
6.He had no reason why he picked this one.
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ReplyDeleteOne day i was playing the x box , then me and my mum went to the park i said it might be like 9 degrees c.
Then we all went home we wached T.V. it was showing us about 101st airborn and it said its the best to go forward with the airwaves and at least wind 30MPH any way they fly.
Then it was late so we went to bed
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The Careless Hairdresser
ReplyDeleteOne Saturday in Portadown, my mum said, "you need a hair cut." "Noooo, " I replied. "I definitely do not, I don't want another careless barber." My mum despaired. "Well you look like a scarecrow." I decided that she was right. When I got there, I glared at the barber and I was prepared for this. When he started to shave my hair, it felt like an earthquake was happening in my brain and I knew that he wasn't very careful. Suddenly I felt the trickle of blood. The careless barber had struck again.
Dr David Livingstone
ReplyDeletein 1855, Dr Livingstone discovered Victoria Falls which is the largest waterfall in the world. But Dr. Livingstone started to explore Africa in 1840 when he was only 27 years old. He continued to explore it up until his death in 1873 when he was 60 years old. He travelled across Africa by boat, canoe and on foot and he went to Africa to tell the people there about God and to free them from slavery. Dr Livingstone brought medicines with him aswell as the Bible. He came across many dangers including disease and wild animals. In fact, a lion bit off his left arm and his wife died from malaria.
air sounds. My bear is on air i said wearing my pear of jeans. Is he crazy.He is a bad news reporter. if he comes back il hit him with my pear of bealts and send him to the lair zo and il not give him a bit of air never again. Well only if hes so sick but im going to tesr his head off if i see him again.
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