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- 7th
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Students examine how navigational techniques change when people travel to different places. They study navigational charts by looking real ones and drawing their own. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students learn navigational techniques change when people travel to different places. They understand differences between navigation on land, water, air and in space. They explain the concept of dead reckoning as it applies to navigation estimation. They understand beacon nomenclature, symbols and information as found on nautical charts. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students, through teacher lecture and class discussion, explore historical methods of navigation: dead reckoning and celestial navigation. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students practice using a global positioning system. They discuss the use of celestial objects as navigation points and its problems. They list the advantages and disadvantages of GPS as well. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students relate the altitude of the North Star and the latitude of the observer. They invent a simple device to read latitude and measure angles. They calculate averages and create a bar graph to interpret the interactions of the universe. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students study the basic concepts of the Global Positioning System and how it increases the accuracy of navigation. They examine trilateration and how the speed of light is used to calculate distances. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore the concept of triangulation that is used in navigation satellites and global positioning systems designed by engineers. They determine ways these technologies can help people determine their position or the location of someone else. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students engage in a lesson which shows them that celestial navigation is the art and science of finding one's geographic position by means of astronomical observations, particularly by measuring altitudes of celestial objects - sun, moon, planets or stars. Students measure angles, calculate averages and create a bar graph and calculate circumference. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine historical methods of navigation. They discuss the techniques of "Dead Reckoning," "Heaving the Log," and "Chip Log," pretend to sail from Europe to North America using vectors and determine the location of their landfall, and take a quiz. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate the concept of star mapping and how it is used in space navigation. They conduct various activities to see the effect of mapping. Also the teacher uses models and demonstrations in order to communicate the main objectives of the lesson. Full Review »
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