Teacher Resources

Compass


Sextant

www.tecepe.com.br/nav/sextantflash.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sextant

Sky Map

www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky
www.skymaps.com/downloads.html
(Online free sky maps)

www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/myspace/nightsky/observingnotes.shtml
(Skymaps and notes on observation)

Satellites

science.nasa.gov/Realtime/jtrack/3d/JTrack3D.html

GPS

www.aero.org/education/primers/gps/index.html

www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/gpsgame.html

www.garmin.com/products/gps72/
(Garmin GPS 72 homepage)

www.gpsvisualizer.com/index.html
(GPS Visualiser conversion software)

Information

www.celestialnavigation.net/
(Notes, activities and links on all things navigational)

www.egyptologyonline.com/astronomy.htm
(Overview of the role of astronomy in ancient Egypt)

www.abc.net.au/navigators/navigation/history.htm
(ABC History of navigation)

www.questacon.edu.au/html/aboriginal_astronomy.html
(Stories of aboriginal astronomy)

deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/science/comets-cultures.html
(The role of comets in ancient cultures)

library.thinkquest.org/29033/frames.htm
(Celestial coordinate systems and astronomy)

www.museum.upenn.edu/navigation/Intro.html
(Traditional pacific navigation techniques)

pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/
(Polynesian voyaging society)


Activities

www.pbs.org/weta/roughscience/series1/challenges/latlong/
(Activities and notes on latitude and longitude)

www.tecepe.com.br/nav/CDSextantProject.htm
(Build a simple and accurate sextant based on a CD and case)

www.geocaching.com/
(Official geocaching website – GPS scavenger hunts)

www.sidewalkastronomers.com
(Build a simple reflecting telescope)

members.aol.com/sfsidewalk/cdobplans.htm
(Complete plans for a telescope)

liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/earth/Sundial/Sundial.html
(Instructions on building a sundial)