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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students study the basic methods for finding one's position on Earth. Latitude can be deduced from the height above the horizon of the pole star or of the noontime Sun, while longitude requires an accurate clock giving universal time. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 5th
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Students study the use of magnets in navigation. They review cardinal directions within the classroom. Then they magnetize needles and make their own compasses. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students discuss the importance and function of nautical maps for sailors. They, in groups, take soundings of a simulated bay in a shoebox and develop a nautical chart that enable them to navigate the shoebox safely. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 9th
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Students open an existing Microsoft Word document, use basic shortcut keys to navigate, and close a Microsoft Word document. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
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Students examine the purpose of the keelboat used by the Corps of Discovery on the Lewis and Clark expedition. They assess its strengths and weaknesses for navigating different rivers, and describe its overall purpose for the Expedition. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 2nd
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Students practive navigating using a map. They discuss the importance of geography and map reading skills. They navigate the school yard using a map and a compass. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students model using the cursor to navigate through a Trackstar on butterflies, model printing a butterly sheet, go to their computer lab seat and navigate through the already bookmarked Trackstar. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students study navigation skills when a compass is unavailable. They are timed as they move quickly through a predetermined arrangement of numbered traffic cones . They straddle over the cone and read the bearing found on the record sheet, which coincides with the numbered cone they are standing over Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 3rd
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Students explore navigation and the five senses. They discuss how mapping and sonar are tools for navigation. Students create a map. They explore how the sense of touch assists in navigation. Students explore the four areas of the tongue that assist in tasting. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students identify and analyze the value of collecting data about normal areas. They utilize maps in order to identify these abnormal areas. Students also use a GPS unit for navigation, and find an identified spot and take the appropriate data to create a list of potential scouting data. Full Review »
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