2.1 To indicate the routes taken by early discoverers who navigated

Natural sciences

The earth and beyond

The stars

Educator section

Memorandum

• Assignment is explained well in the module. See assessment criteria.

Hint: To give map an old appearance, it can be burnt round the edges, crumpled and painted with weak tea.

Leaner section

Content

Activity: to indicate the routes taken by early discoverers who navigated by the stars [lo 2.3]

Early discoverers steered their boats using the sun by day and the stars by night and used very simple instruments to determine their direction.

Do research on the early voyages of discovery and draw a map of the world. Add captions to identify the continents and the main oceans. Give the map with a heading and indicate north. (Decide on a suitable size yourself.)

Choose two of the following voyagers and show the routes that they had taken on their voyages of discovery. If the discoverer undertook more than one voyage, this should be shown clearly.

• Bartholomew Diaz
• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• David Livingstone
• Marco Polo
• Robert Scott
• Francis Drake

Try to create the impression that your map is an ancient map, one that might have been used by the particular discoverer.

EDUCATOR’S ASSESSMENT

Assessment

Learning Outcome 2: The learner will know and be able to interpret and apply scientific, technological and environmental knowledge.

Assessment Standard 2.3: We know this when the learner categorises information.