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  • Outdoors beyond NZ

    Create a Google Doc to record information on the following activities.
    Activity:
    Watch these videos of extreme kayaking, solo climbing and mountain biking.
    On Google Maps or Google Earth, find Yosemite National Park and the rock outcrop called El Capitan, that Alex Honnold climbed without ropes.  

       

       
       
    Activity:
    Imagine that you were given $1 million to use for travel.
    Make a list of places in the World that you'd like to visit and/or things that you'd like to do.
    Then, find tour companies that offer these experiences and find out how much it might cost.  
    For example,
    - sleep in an igloo and watch the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis); 
    - trek across the Sahara desert on a camel
    - swim with sharks
    - climb Mount Everest
    - etc
       

    Outdoors in NZ
    Activity:
    Now think about New Zealand.
    Find information about activities closer to home. For example:
    - Where can you go cage diving with sharks?
    - What's the highest waterfall that you can white water raft over? Where is it?
    - Are there Marine Parks around NZ and can you scuba dive there? 
    - How much is it to stay in a Department of Conservation hut?
    - How many 'Great Walks' are there in NZ - where are they and which one would you like to walk?
    On Google Earth, try to trace the route of one of the 'Great Walks' (information on them is below)  

    The Great Walks