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Sextant Solutions
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | White, Jeff Lippis, Matt Axelrad, Penny Zarske, Malinda Schaefer Yowell, Janet |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Description | Students learn how a sextant is a reliable tool still used by today's navigators and how computers can help assure accuracy when measuring angles. Students also experience how computers can be used to understand equations even when they do not know how to do the math. The earliest explorers had no computers or satellites to help them determine their exact locations. The sextant was the most accurate tool developed to determine latitude and longitude. In this activity, the sextant is introduced and discussed. Students learn how a sextant is a reliable tool still used by today's navigators and how computers can help assure accuracy when measuring angles. Students also experience how computers can be used to understand equations even when they do not know how to do the math. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Geometry Measurement Calculation Navigate Approximation Navigation Approximate Precision Calculate Sextant |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class VII Class VIII Class IX |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Geometry Structure of the Earth |
