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Island Navigation
What we have learned so far:
locate yourself on a map using peaks and triangulation with a magnetic compass:
https://elab.hpa.edu/wiki/pages/U7x9h9U4B6/Lab_01_navigation_compass_challenge.html
create an astrolabe to measure the height of objects in the elab:
https://elab.hpa.edu/wiki/pages/F6J5D8e4/Lab_03_navigation_astrolabe.html
determine the altitude of peaks, also part of navigation, using an astrolabe that you create:
https://elab.hpa.edu/wiki/pages/U7x9h9U4B6/Lab_01_navigation_compass_challenge.html
Polynesian sailing compass, using the stars to navigate at night
learn how to read maps of the island:
https://elab.hpa.edu/wiki/pages/x5e2H8S/Lab_02_navigation_reading_maps.html
use a globe and our noon shadow to determine latitude:
https://elab.hpa.edu/wiki/pages/C6S3f6/Lab_06_navigation_globes_and_calculating_latitude.html
locate evil villains using clues:
https://elab.hpa.edu/wiki/pages/d429D3L/Lab_06c_navigation_find_the_evil_villains.html
learn about the moon phases, and create a diagram:
https://elab.hpa.edu/wiki/pages/v155S7g/Lab_07a_moon_seasons_latitude_longitude_challenge.html
Next
:
seasons, another map
9.21.26 mapped on solar diagram
astronomy and astrology on solar diagram
next unit: volcanoes and geology
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