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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students use a hand-held GPS receiver in a scavenger hunt to find nearby locations. They compute distances between waypoints based on latitude and longitude and compare the distance the receiver finds. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explain three ways in which marine navigation is important to society. They discuss the importance of having access to up to date data. They use the nowCOAST tool to gather information on tides and weather forecasts for specific areas. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students discover how global positioning systems work. Using string and paperclips to experiment with arcs, they complete GPS worksheets. In an outdoor area or gymnasium, they act the part of GPS signals traveling to the receiver to determine how travel time is converted to distance. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students identify major features and read the fundamental symbols and information provided on land maps, nautical charts and aeronautical charts. They use numbers to count, measure,label, and indicate distances on a map. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the using URLs to navigate to relevant sites. As a class, they discuss the use of URL addresses. Students open Printmaster software examine its use. They cut, paste, move and resize images. Students create a collage of images from the computer. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students create a compass, with the help of written instructions and then write six sentences discussing how compasses work and why they are helpful. They discuss the different types of navigational tools and how they are helpful. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students look at the National Park Service Website to answer given questions and complete a worksheet. While doing so they practice using basic Web browser features and navigating through a Website. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th
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Students follow up on banking services and balancing a checkbook. They review the Navigation 101 student-led conference (continuing students have already hosted one conference) and plan for their conferences. They share the answers to questions with advisor and parents or guardians. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 9th
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Students explore and examine how maps have been used in navigation. They research how travelers collected observations to keep track of their positions and plotted information on maps. Each student then makes a Mercator projection similar to the one Lewis and Clark used. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students complete an on-line tutorial about the AppleWorks Database program and create a database table using Design View. They also create a form using custom features, use multiple field types and resize columns, and enter data into a field in a table or form view. Finally, students insert pictures into a field from File, sort records, and navigate throughout records in a table or form. Full Review »
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