S&E - T&E

This term in Society & Environment lessons we have been learning about exploration.

To begin the unit we looked at Ptolemy's map. Claudius Ptolemy was a mathematician, astronomer, geographer and astrologer. He was a Greek-Roman from Egypt. He created an atlas around 150 C.E. This map is how he thought the world was.

We have done lots of research on famous explorers in the classroom and in library lessons. At the moment we have all chosen our own famous explorer to research and complete a project task on. It is very interesting learning about the history of the world.

We have also looked at navigational devices used by early explorers.
In particular we have looked at the Astrolabe. We have even made our own. We use these to measure the altitude of different objects.

Want to know how to make an Astrolabe?

Our Technology task was to design and create a ship to set sail that can catch wind from all directions. We found this very exciting. We each came up with different plans and designs and chose our best ones to create at school.

We had so much fun testing them out and having races. We have learnt that some materials are more appropriate than others. Especially if you do not want them to sink like the Titanic.