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Tools of Navigation: A Kid's Guide to the History & Science of Finding Your Way (Tools of Discovery series)

by Rachel Dickinson Author

(From Amazon): Children will learn all about inventions: their inventors, the way they changed history, and their evolution over centuries, through the activities and anecdotes provided in this interactive series.Travel through the past and into the future to explore the history of human navigation, from the crude maps of early explorers to the satellite-based Global Positioning System (GPS) of today. This guide to learning about geography, trade routes over land and sea, and navigational tools and people who used them, is supplemented with 15 hands-on projects and educational activities to expand world view and build navigational confidence.

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Resource Type
Book
ISBN
0-9749344-0-2
Print Status
In Print
Chapters
7
Pages
160
Suggested Grades
4th - 8th
Publisher
Nomad Press
Copyright
2005

Chapters

  • 1 Introduction and Ice Age Navigators
  • 2 Ancient Navigators
  • 3 The World Expands
  • 4 Land Exploration
  • 5 The New Age of Exploration
  • 6 Twentieth Century Navigation
  • 7 Navigation in Action

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