You will need to create a map showing the location of your colony. It should indicate the route you are taking from England, and also a close up view of your colony, showing geographical features such as rivers, oceans, lakes, and mountains. These features need to be labeled. In your map also include the latitude and longitude of your colony, major towns and seaports, as well as an indication of where you will want to live.
Checkpoint: You will be checking in periodically with your teacher to show your progress and the quality of your map.
This Online Investigation was created by Susan Swank, Kathy Dorr and Jan Frank, Bellingham School District teachers.
The modular format for this project is patterned after Dr. Jamieson McKenzie's "Module Maker" for Online Learning (exits site) Some of the text used in this module is a direct quotation from pages created by Gretchen Offutt in her online research project"Planetary Adventure" (exits site). Duplication of her work is done with the author's permission.
Graphics courtesy of Iconographics Design (exits site)
Copyright Notice: No materials on any of the Bellingham Schools' WWW pages may be copied without express written permission unless permission is clearly stated on the page.