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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 »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students focus on people's innate navigational abilities. They first read about animal navigation and then compare animal to human navigational capabilities. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students work together to investigate errors in navigation. They use computers to help them find their destinations and discuss the ease of doing so. They discover how engineers must use these equations. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students are introduced to the sextant concept in navigation. They discuss how it can be a reliable tool. They discover how computers can be used to help with measurements. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate error. As shown in earlier activities from navigation lessons 1 through 3, without an understanding of how errors can affect position, one cannot navigate well. Students explore how computers can help in navigation. By using the power of computers to do calculations and repetitive tasks, they see how changing parameters likes angles and distances and introducing errors will affect their overall result. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students determine location by using the technique of triangulation. They imagine that they are out in the wilderness and have come to the top of a ridge. How can one identify the ridge on the topo map? How can one figure out where you are along the ridge? In this lesson, students explore how to use triangulation to answer these questions. Excellent extension activities are imbedded in this plan. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore ways a sextant can be a reliable tool that is still being used by today's navigators and how computers can help assure accuracy when measuring angles. This activity will show how computers can be used to understand equations even when knowing how to do the math is unknown. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students observe the teacher demonstrating instructions in the Quick Reference Guide of Excel. They then use their Reference Guide and complete an exercise and turn in their assignment. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students, adult basic education learners, develop computer skills and practice using Microsoft Excel to create charts and bar graphs. They search the Internet for news information and navigate to various sites. Full Review »
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- 12th - Higher Ed
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Students use Excel to explore population dynamics using the Logistic equation for (S-shaped) population growth. This activity is primarily intended as an introductory tutorial on using Excel. Full Review »
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