Idea of explorer research was inspired by a teacher employer visit to Port of Blyth and Blyth Tall Ships, using the information given here about navigational tools used and about The Williams Expedition: Rediscovering Antarctica project.
Students will be looking at explorers who travelled across the Atlantic as this is strongly linked to the Atlantic Rowing Challenge (two local men have rowed the atlantic which students have tracked) but what they will investigate is strongly linked to similar experiences that William Smith and his crew would have experienced and the navigational tools they would have used.
Driving Question
How did explorers cross the Atlantic and what was it like to explore the Atlantic?
Cross curricular links to History, Geography
