Tools of navigation : a kid's guide to the history & science of finding your way / Rachel Dickinson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: "Build it yourself" seriesPublisher: White River Junction, VT : Nomad Press ; [2005]Distributor: Chicago : [Distributed by] Independent Publishers Group, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 156 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0974934402
  • 9780974934402
  • 9781417728695
  • 1417728698
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introduction: Navigation as Art and Science 1 -- Chapter 1 Ice Age Navigators: From the Bering Strait to the Americas 3 -- Chapter 2 Ancient Navigators: Braving the Sea Without a Compass 9 -- Chapter 3 World Expands: The Age of European Exploration 33 -- Chapter 4 Land Exploration: Jungle, Mountain, and Desert Terrain, and the Mapping of the American West 67 -- Chapter 5 New Age of Exploration: Navigation from Pole to Pole as the First Extreme Sport 85 -- Chapter 6 Twentieth Century Navigation: Aeronautical Navigation and the GPS Revolution 105 -- Chapter 7 Navigation in Action: How to Find Your Way Using Maps, Compasses, and GPS 119 -- Activities -- Learn the Constellations and Make a Sky Chart 14 -- Make Your Own Compass 36 -- Understanding Latitude 44 -- Make a Simple Astrolabe 52 -- Measure Your Local Time 64 -- Circumnavigate the Globe 66 -- Improve Your Sense of Direction 72 -- Map the School Grounds 82 -- Using a Road Map 124 -- Match Contour Maps to Hill Profiles 132 -- Understanding Contour Lines 133 -- Traveling by Compass 140 -- Working With a Topographic Map 144 -- Go on a Treasure Hunt 147 -- Going on a Treasure Hunt with GPS 150.
Summary: Describes the history and technology of the methods people have used to find their way on sea, land, and air, and provides 15 activities designed to improve one's navigation and orienteering skills.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room Juvenile VK559.3 .D53 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000053682

Includes bibliographical references (page 154) and index.

Introduction: Navigation as Art and Science 1 -- Chapter 1 Ice Age Navigators: From the Bering Strait to the Americas 3 -- Chapter 2 Ancient Navigators: Braving the Sea Without a Compass 9 -- Chapter 3 World Expands: The Age of European Exploration 33 -- Chapter 4 Land Exploration: Jungle, Mountain, and Desert Terrain, and the Mapping of the American West 67 -- Chapter 5 New Age of Exploration: Navigation from Pole to Pole as the First Extreme Sport 85 -- Chapter 6 Twentieth Century Navigation: Aeronautical Navigation and the GPS Revolution 105 -- Chapter 7 Navigation in Action: How to Find Your Way Using Maps, Compasses, and GPS 119 -- Activities -- Learn the Constellations and Make a Sky Chart 14 -- Make Your Own Compass 36 -- Understanding Latitude 44 -- Make a Simple Astrolabe 52 -- Measure Your Local Time 64 -- Circumnavigate the Globe 66 -- Improve Your Sense of Direction 72 -- Map the School Grounds 82 -- Using a Road Map 124 -- Match Contour Maps to Hill Profiles 132 -- Understanding Contour Lines 133 -- Traveling by Compass 140 -- Working With a Topographic Map 144 -- Go on a Treasure Hunt 147 -- Going on a Treasure Hunt with GPS 150.

Describes the history and technology of the methods people have used to find their way on sea, land, and air, and provides 15 activities designed to improve one's navigation and orienteering skills.

31560000053682 11702

A educational book for age 9 and up (possibly also targeted at home school audience) on Navigation, which includes 15 hands on activieties tu better understand the concepts discuissed, Covers John Harrison on page 55, et cetera Goes from pre compass navigation to the GPS sytem.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.