In this instructional activity, learners will investigate error. As shown in earlier activities from navigation lessons 1 through 3, without an understanding of how errors can affect your position, you cannot navigate well. Introducing accuracy and precision will develop these concepts further. Also, students will learn how computers can help in navigation. Often, the calculations needed to navigate accurately are time consuming and complex. By using the power of computers to do calculations and repetitive tasks, one can quickly see how changing parameters likes angles and distances and introducing errors will affect their overall result.

Concepts

accuracy, engineering, navigation, precision, stem

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Additional Tags

approximation, calculation, error, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, accuracy and precision, error and uncertainty

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)