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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students consider whether they have a good sense of direction and whether they are able to navigate using mental maps versus needing equipment. They read about the Lewis and Clark expedition to find out what skills, abilities, and equipment they needed. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students examine and apply the relationship between concrete landmarks, abstract written directions, and graphic representations on maps, and then develop their own landmark map for classroom use. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students research the history of Tallahassee using a Website and other materials to determine why the capital is where it is today. They organize the information on a timeline and investigate the "heart" of Florida. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
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Students see how to use map scale, read physical maps, analyze landforms and determine land use. They analyze physical maps to determine landforms and land use. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students work together on computers to practice measuring for navigation. They discover that errors in their calculations can lead them in the wrong direction. They examine the need of computers by engineers. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 5th
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Students participate in different activities to discover how they relate to the environment. They watch a video series and answer comprehension questions. They discuss what they can do to protect the environment. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students take bearing with a compass. Students complete an individual handout by choosing any object in the classroom and write bearing directions for the object. They trade papers and try to locate each other's object. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students follow directions given in bearings. They invent their own maps using them and use a protractor to help them with their designs. Students produce their own maps with instructions for navigating the maps. The channels should be such that the submarines are never moving in the direction of any of the major points of the compass. The groups should interchange their instructions and try to recreate each other's maps. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students study the retreat of the Nez Perce Native Americans into Montana while tracing their journey on a map. They use the law of cosines to solve problems based on the navigational methods of the Nez Perce. They work with both the law of cosines and the law of sines using a software program. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students investigate the uses of GPS and how the technology is applied for navigation or datalogging functions. They view a PowerPoint introduction to help create a context for the lesson and further exploration with other activities that include performing navigation. Full Review »
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