Greygum Software

			The colony is running out of food. Your goal: find more farmland!
	Years K to 7

Only a range of apparently impassable mountains stands between you and success. The governor has issued orders to mount a life-or-death expedition to save the colony from starvation.

Crossing the Mountains offers the entire class an opportunity to experience some of the excitement and achievements of early Australian explorers.

There are three roles: leader, quartermaster and stockman. Just as on a real expedition, they must cooperate to ensure that the venture does not end in disaster. Horses must be kept healthy, supplies need to be rationed and, above all, the leader cannot afford to lead the expedition astray!

While Crossing the Mountains is loosely based on Blaxland’s celebrated journey across the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, the strategies and day-to-day problems encountered in this simulation are common to many of the expeditions that took place in the early part of the nineteenth century.

The teacher’s control facilities cater for different styles of classroom organisation. For example, different groups can explore the same landscape and share their discoveries, or each can work with different terrains.

Expeditions can be saved at any time and the software does not need modification for use on networks.

As is usual with Greygum Software publications, the package includes extensive suggestions for classroom activities and a full set of black-line masters.

Platforms

Crossing the Mountains - Single User $60.50 (inc GST)

 

 

Crossing the Mountains - Site Licence $121.00 (inc GST)

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