Have one member of each team write its goal and submit it to you. Web Work 1. Explain to students that they'll use maps on the Internet to help them plan their trips. Open this site where students will find maps provided by National Geographic. Encourage students to use the world political map to look for possible five-country routes.
Students can evaluate each route by investigating the countries in the chain.
Suggest that students explore more than one possible route since their first choice may not be the best to achieve their selected goal. Challenge students to select continents with which they're not very familiar. Explain that both political and physical maps are available here and, depending on its goal, a team may need to check both to find their routes. Suggest students select Map Machine Atlas for additional information about each country that will help them set any goals that relate to language, population, or other statistics. Allow time for teams to finalize their selections, then have one team member write the team's five-country itinerary.