Mapping and navigation : explore the history and science of finding your way with 20 projects / Cynthia Light Brown & Patrick M. McGinty; illustrated by Beth Hetland.
Material type: TextSeries: "Build it yourself" seriesPublication details: White River Junction, VT : Nomad Press, c2013.Description: v, 122 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1619301946 (hdbk.) :
- 9781619301948 (hdbk.) :
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 912 B877 | Available | 33111005220351 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
How did we get from 20-foot-long maps to GPS devices small enough to fit in the palm of our hands? How does GPS work and what can it tell us? How do ancient mapmaking techniques used by the Romans and Greeks influence the satellite technologies we use today? The history of mapmaking is full of remarkable characters who charted the unknown with an ever-changing set of tools. In Mapping and Navigation: The History and Science of Finding Your Way , kids ages 9-12 will learn the history and science behind the evolution of mapmaking, and how much is still out there for discovery.
Readers will explore ideas through hands-on experiments while learning new terminology and interesting facts. Projects include using triangulation to measure distances, creating contour lines on a mini-mountain to understand elevation changes on a map, and inventing a sundial and compass to understand the basics of navigation. Whether mapping the solar system or mapping their own backyard, all readers will be able to understand mapping technologies and see the world in new and exciting ways.
"Focus on science"--Page 4 of cover.
"With 20 projects."
Includes bibliographic references (p. 120) and index.
Timeline -- Introduction -- Ancient maps -- Explorers cross the seas -- Mapping new lands and new skies -- Mapping from satellites: GPS and landsat -- What is GIS? -- Oceans: the least known surface on Earth -- Space: navigating the final frontier.
"In Mapping and Navigation: the history and science of finding your way, kids ages 9-12 will learn the history and science behind the evolution of mapmaking, and how much is still out there for discovery. Readers will explore ideas through hands-on-experiments while learning new terminology nd interesting facts. Projects include using triangulation to measure distances, creating contour lines on a mini-mountain to understand elevation changes on a map, and inventing a sundial and compass to understand the basics of navigation. Whether mapping the solar system or mapping their own backyard, all readers will be able to understand mapping technologies and see the word in new and exciting ways."--Publisher's description.
Guided reading level: V
Ages 9-12.