Explorers!

We finished our regular history book a few weeks ago, so I decided to find a "fun" unit to end the school year.  Since our history ended up with the Age of Exploration, I thought we would enjoy learning more about explorers, and I found the perfect study here!  The kids have been enjoying making maps and newspaper, among other parts of our study. 
Earlier this week, we learned about different navigational tools and then made a quadrant, which was used to find latitude (angles from the equator).  The kids had fun trying it out.