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Item Nr: B 117516 Title: Christopher Columbus and the Age of Exploration for Kids: With 21 Activities
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Reis, Ronald A
Length: 146 Prod/Pub: Chicago Review Press
Copyright: 2013 Series:
Book Type: N Biographee: Columbus, Christopher
Copies: 1 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  A biography of explorer Christopher Columbus, including all four of his voyages and twenty-one activities. Fun hands-on activities illuminate both the nautical concepts introduced and the times in which Columbus lived. Activities: Tie nautical knots; Create a coat of arms; Make a model canoe; Make a half-hour glass; Make a sundial; grow shipboard moss; Make a quadrant; Simulate a hurricane; Simulate a lunar eclipse; Rewrite an old document; etc.

  Subjects:
  57 - AMERICA--EXPLORATION
  204 - BIOGRAPHY
  1601 - BIOGRAPHY--MEN
  480 - EXPLORERS
  1401 - HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES
  786 - NAVIGATION
  1007 - SOCIAL STUDIES
  1185 - WORLD HISTORY