Central Idea	Exploration of land, sea and space can lead to discoveries, opportunities, challenges and new understandings.
Lines of inquiry	Types of explorations  Reasons for explorations How explorations have occurred overtime Impacts of explorations
Key Concepts	Causation, Perspective and Connection.

 Some Useful Links

Below are some links to very informative (and child-friendly) websites, which provide information about famous explorers .

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/photos/underwater-exploration/
http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/
http://www.ducksters.com/history/renaissance/age_of_exploration_and_discovery.php
http://www.spacekids.co.uk/spacehistory/
http://www.neok12.com/Space-Exploration.htm
http://www.kidsdiscover.com/space-exploration-for-kids
http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Age_of_Exploration
http://www.kidskonnect.com/subjectindex/16-educational/history/265-explorers.html
http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/explorers.html
http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-major-explorations.htm
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonialism
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Discovery
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/christopher_columbus/
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/neil-armstrong-made-history-in-1969-first-man-to-walk-on-moon/
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/

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