P: Planning and packing

P: Planning and packing

A huge amount of planning has gone into this expedition to Antarctica. Glance back at a few of Phil's posts over the past six months to get a glimpse of the careful thought and hard work involved:

Geography activity: Planning (Key Stages 1 and 2)

Aim: To investigate what it is like to mount an expedition. A minimum of two or three days will be necessary to develop this activity.

Activity: The pupils will learn how to design, develop and execute an expedition.

Exploration of new or rarely explored frontiers often requires remarkable courage, determination and endurance. Expeditions also require planning – as they are often a matter of life or death!

Tell the pupils that they are going to explore an unknown place and experience the excitement of an expedition. Expeditions are part of our daily lives. most likely, our expeditions are more routine than travelling to Antarctica, but regardless of their simplicity, daily expeditions help us discover 'new' information. Download the attachments below to prepare and deliver this activity.

Enrichment activity: Planning a long trip (Key Stage 3)

This activity asks students to plan a six-month trip for astronauts.