EXPLORING FOR EXPLORERS

Grade 5

Palos West Elementary School

Researching a topic is like being a detective.   It’s important to organize your thoughts and to prepare some questions before you begin.  It is also very important to check that your information and your sources are both reliable and credible.

Here are some places to find information about the explorers you have been studying:
 
 

Magellan	Mariner's Museum
Samuel de Champlain
Columbus	Pizzaro
Drake	Vikings
Ponce de Leon	Henry de Soto
Cortez
Marco Polo	Leif Ericson

 

If you need more information, you might try one of these sites: