Middle school students learn the concept of dead reckoning by using vectors to plot a course based on a time and speed, then correct their positions with vectors representing winds and currents. Includes a link to related activities on navigation and creating nautical charts.

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Tags: Aerospace Engineering, Class Activities, Geography, GPS, Grades 6-8, Lesson Plan, Mathematics, nautical charts, naval engineering, navigation, Physics, teachengineering, vectors

In this activity, students in grades 7 to 9 will learn how to take a bearing with a compass and find an object in their classroom.

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Tags: bearing, Class Activities, compass, directions, Engineering, estimation, GPS, Grades 6-8, Grades K-5, maps, Mathematics, navigation, wilderness