Here is a possible outline for the year:

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Opening Celebration - Introduce exploring, compasses, four biomes, discuss preparedness

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Component I: Into the Jungle

1. Calling All Explorers - The Adventure Begins, explorer record book, world coordinates, bedrolls, Hardcastle's rules

2. Special Equipment and Preparation - dangers of the jungle, first aid kit, first aid

3. Seek Out New Lands - Livingstone and Stanley, jungle diorama, rain forest food, Stanley's adventure

4. Find New Creatures - Piranhas, poison dart frogs, poisonous insects, venomous snakes, boa constrictors, tigers, crocodiles, safari

5. Search for lost Cities - El Dorado, Incas, Mayas, Aztecs, Seven Cities of Cibola, worry dolls, Aztec society and calendar, Maya glyphs, maiz

6. Discover Natural Wonders - The Nile & the Amazon

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Jungle Celebration - Visit a jungle biome

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Component II: Polar Quest

1. Explorer's Tool Kit - Survival and emergency supplies

2. Special Equipment and Preparation - Dangers at the poles, igloos, weather, fire safety, seasons

3. Find New Creatures - Huskies, polar bears, Inuit soapstone carvings, pets, animal classification, bird count, Polar fat

4. Seek Out New Lands - John Frankling, Scott of the Antarctic, Race to the Pole, Polar fashion show, Polar waste management

5. Discover Natural Wonders - Icebergs, glaciers, northern lights, Polar temperatures, telegraph science

6. Search for Lost Cities and Treasure - Endurance, Santa's Village, base camp, time zones, letter writing, holidays

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Celebration in the Snow - Hobo stoves, conservation activity, dogsled demonstration, two-way radio demonstration, make cookies, Polar Express, holiday sing-along

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Component III: Desert Adventures

1. Training for Adventure - Reading, studying, languages, physical preparation, library, map making, learn to observe

2. Special Equipment and Preparation - finding water, desert temperatures, water cycle

3. Find New Creatures - Camels, Scorpions, animal tracks, desert diorama, desert dichotomous key, 72-hour kits, bush tucker, desert web of life

4. Seek Out New Lands - Howard Carter & Lord Carnarvon, Burke & Willis, Aboriginal craft, Timbuktu, Arabic calligraphy, tell time by the sun, Australia Day food, boomerangs

5. Search for Lost Cities and Treasure - Exploring a tomb, Egyptian death mask, papyrus, mummy's curse, oil candles, Egyptian food, Egyptian artifacts

6. Discover Natural Wonders - Mirages, sandstorms, Grand Canyon, Adrinkra cloth, Senet, emergency survival kit, experiment with erosion, sandstorms, and mirages, game from Zimbabwe

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Celebration in the Desert - Desert hike, weave baskets, conservation activity, solar oven, African games

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Component IV: Across Oceans and Beneath the Sea

1. Famous Explorers - Magellan, Lewis & Clark, Vikings, runes, spice trade, mapping, Viking treasure hunt

2. Special Equipment and Preparation - Boats, diving equipment, submarine, sailing skills, dangers at sea, starfinder, ocean water experiments, word roots, knots

3. Find New Creatures - Sea monsters, creatures of the deep, concrete poetry, squid dissection, ocean food chain

4. Seek Out New Lands - Northwest Passage, Columbus, Ancient Explorers, Atlantis, daGama, Cook, Darwin, Amunsen, Galapagos Islands, ocean currents, Bermuda Triangle, timeline of exploration, signal mirrors, water density

5. Discover Natural Wonders - Volcanoes, hydrothermal vents, ocean abysses, ocean water layers, Great Barrier Reef, military time, Hawaiian language, emergency sanitation supplies

6. Search for Lost Treasure - Famous Shipwrecks, sunken treasure, Titanic, emergency shelter, shipwreck survival

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Celebration on the Ocean - Make and race boats, symbiosis, conservation activity

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Component V: Conquering Mountains

1. Survival Tips - Ancient hunting tools, survival food, food pyramid, staying safe

2. Special Equipment and Preparation - Dangers of the peaks, 

3. Seek Out New Lands - Mallory and Irvine, Livingstone and Stanley, jungle diorama, rain forest food, Stanley's adventure

4. Find New Creatures - Piranhas, poison dart frogs, poisonous insects, venomous snakes, boa constrictors, tigers, crocodiles, tree cookies, safari, forest types, bird watching, lashing

5. Search for lost Cities - El Dorado, Incas, Mayas, Aztecs, Seven Cities of Cibola, worry dolls, Aztec society and calendar, Maya glyphs, maiz

6. Discover Natural Wonders - The Nile, highest peaks, press flowers, trail maps, cliffhangers, survival scenario, how mountains are formed, forest consumers

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Closing Celebration/Survival Campout - conservation activity, survival hike, build emergency shelter, nature hunt