Darwin's+Voyage

A trip with Charles Darwin

In this activity we will map out the route that Charles Darwin took on his ship, the //Beagle//.

__**Introduction**__ 1. Read the story of Darwin's trip here: Darwin's Trip

__**Setting up your GMap on Wiki**__ 2. Log into G-Maps here: Google Maps (use the username **garrity ** and the password **redstorm ** to log in) 3. Create a new GMap. Use your period and name for it. (ex: ** p8 Joe Smith **) 4. At the top of the next page you will come to, click the tab for PUBLISH SETTINGS. 5. On the right click the choice for "Embed the map in your website". Also click box to chose show location list. Hit "save changes". 6. Go to the tab titled PREVIEW and PUBLISH. Click on the button to PUBLISH map. 7. After page reloads, scroll down to bottom and copy the html code for the map. 8. Click here to get to my wiki again, and go to __your__ page. Mr. Garrity's Wiki Page 9. When logged in, go to the EDIT on your page. Delete anything already there. Put your name at the top of the page. Click the WIDGET button to add a widget. 10.On the left column choose MAP, then on right click on the link for GOOGLE MAP. 11. Paste the html code you copied in step #7 into the box at the bottom, and then hit SAVE. 12. Hit the SAVE button to save changes to your wiki page. The map should appear on your page. We will add to it later.

__**Setting Locations**__ 13. Log back into your GMaps here. Google Maps (** garrity, redstorm ** again) Choose YOUR map to work on. 14. Open the link to __Darwin's Voyage Locations__. This should open up a pdf file of his trips locations. 15. Click on the LOCATIONS tab. Click on CREATE NEW LOCATION. 16. Add the name of the first location and date in the NAME box. (ex: Devonport, England - December 27, 1831) 17. Click the button for ENTER COORDINATES. Type in latitude and longitude (ex: 50 N and 4 W). If it is a N or E it is a positive number, but if it is a S or W you must use a - number.....example..Devnport is 50 and -4. 18. Choose a teardrop, arrow marker. 19. In the comment box summarize in about 3-4 sentences what he observed at this location, then hit CREATE. 20. Repeat this process for all locations. Go to PREVIEW and PUBLISH and REPUBLISH the map to add your locations.