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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Explorers

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you know who Afonso de Albuquerque was? Do you know where Robert de LaSalle was from or where Jacques Cartier sailed? Enchanted Learning's A-to-Z list of explorers lets you browse through a large collection of biographical notes on...
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Microsoft

Microsoft: Internet Explorer Downloads

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides downloadable updates for Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows. Includes critical security updates.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Explorers of Canada

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site from Enchanted Learning has a listing and information on the major explorers of Canada. Many of these men came to Canada from France over different times. Pictures are provided along with links to additional information.
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Other

Project Gutenberg Australia: Australian Explorers, Discoverers and Pioneers

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides links to Australian explorers, discoverers, and pioneers.
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Teachnology

Teachnology: Explorers Teaching Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Enhance teaching about explorers with this collection of resources including lesson plans, activities, interactive websites and more.
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NASA

Nasa: Explorer: America's First Spacecraft

For Students 9th - 10th
Featuring various multimedia resources, NASA provides a comprehensive overview of America's first space satellite, Explorer 1, that launched the United States into space exploration.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Explorers Mini Project

For Students 9th - 10th
A mini research project where students will pick an explorer who connected two world zones and answer questions about the journey of that explorer.
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Read Works

Read Works: Vikings & European Explorers Vasco Da Gama

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about explorer Vasco da Gama. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Vikings and European Explorers Amerigo Vespucci

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about explorer Amerigo Vespucci. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Vikings & European Explorers Christopher Columbus

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about explorer Christopher Columbus. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Mariners' Museum and Park

Mariners' Museum: The Explorers

For Students K - 1st
Museum website on explorers of the world. Students and teachers can link to information on any of the explorers to find out about their adventure and how they may have changed the world.
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Exploring Explorers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This is a lesson activity which is written to engage visual and kinesthetic learners in their study on explorers: Leif Eriksson, Christopher Columbus, Erik the Red, Vasco Da Gama, John Cabot, Marco Polo, and Ferdinand Magellan.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Exploring Explorers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will create a video in talk-show format about explorers from the 15th-17th centuries. They will utilize books, the Alabama Virtual Library, and the Internet for reference. Groups of students will answer who, what, when, where,...
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Other

Ten Explorers (Of Australia)

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of some of Australia's most significant explorers, including Charles Sturt, Edward John Eyre, George Grey, Peter Warburton, and others.
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NASA

Nasa: Cobe: Cosmic Background Explorer

For Students 9th - 10th
The Cosmic Background Explorer, or COBE, satellite began its space mission in November of 1989. Its task was to measure radiation levels from the early stages of the universe. This site explains the mission goals, COBE's specialized...
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Other

Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Econ Explorers Journal [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this collection of lesson activities, students will complete an "Econ Explorers Journal" to help them learn how economics is involved in their neighborhood, the books they read, in earning a living, at their banks, in their homes, and...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: History Explorer

For Students 9th - 10th
History Explorer's site is designed for use by K-12 teachers and students as well as anyone interested in learning and teaching American history. Hundreds of innovative online resources are offered. Lessons, activities, interactives, PD,...
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NASA

Nasa Star Child: International Ultraviolet Explorer (Level 2)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a description of the International Ultraviolet Explorer and what it accomplished. Glossary, graphics and a printable version are also included.
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Explorers, Traders and Immigrants [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
This unit examines eight global commodities from their points of origin and the social, cultural, political, and economic changes they have wrought along their way. Each case study encompasses four "stops" along the commodity journey:...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Lewis and Clark: American Explorers" by Barbara Radner

For Students 3rd - 4th
A learning module that begins with "Lewis and Clark: American Explorers" by Barbara Radner, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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NASA

Nasa: 21st Century Explorer

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is a standards-based program follows that provides content on what astronauts eat, how bodies change in space, and how imagination would help you to become a space explorer. Teacher and student educational resources, glossary, books...
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Geostories: Emerging Explorers

For Students 5th - 9th
Find out how modern-day explorers change the way we change our world in this interactive Geostory activity.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Stephen Bishop: Cave Explorer

For Students 3rd - 4th
A learning module that begins with "Stephen Bishop: Cave Explorer" by Judith Boogaart, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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Other

Plant Explorers: Dr. Daniel Carl Solander (1733 1782)

For Students 9th - 10th
Profile of Dr. Daniel Carl Solander, a close friend and colleague of Joseph Banks. Solander was an eighteenth-century Swedish botanist and explorer who traveled the world collecting plant specimens for classification.

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