INGOMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE
Scied.net! NAME: ______________________
GPS-Compass/Remote Sensing Lab:
Period:
______ Date: _________Score_____/ 20
A. Compass: Beginner’s Compass Game (outside
Activity)
Main
site
Briefly answer the question or give information
about the activity:
Lesson# 1 Use a compass alone.
The red compass needle points___________________________
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Lesson# 2 How to use a compass.
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Lesson# 3 Magnetic declination
is_____________________________________________________
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Lesson #4
Finding directions without a compass!
How?___________________________________
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B. GPS: Check out at least two sites: Give
comments on:
What
is GPS? Primer
Garmin
GPS
In The Classroom ArcVoyager
Non Mapping GPS Car
Nav Earth
Shots ERIS
Digitalglobe
GeoCashing
Site#1_____________________________________________________________________________
Site#2_____________________________________________________________________________
INGOMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE NAME:
______________________
GPS-Compass Orienteering Lab:
Scied.net! Period: ______
Date: __________ Score_____/ 20
Outside Activity: Proceed to the four different locations and give the Latitude
and Longitude as well as the elevation
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G: Table of compass bearings and distances for eight lab groups.(Science Scope May 1997)
Group #1 Group #2 Group #3 Group #4
Bearing Distance (m) Bearing Distance (m) Bearing Distance (m) Bearing Distance (m)
Degree Degree Degree Degree
18 20 341 15 37 17 346 40
320 21 271 13 286 17 123 19
227 12 37 29 63 17 190 17
63 24 194 19 233 29 346 13
177 12 66 9 107 28 110 22
89 20 170 16 12 8 156 8
Group #5 Group #6 Group #7 Group #8
Bearing Distance (m) Bearing Distance (m) Bearing Distance (m) Bearing Distance (m)
Degree Degree Degree Degree
130 20 197 17 185 7 346 26
215 21 57 28 95 28 123 23
46 12 199 22 234 26 190 8
199 24 321 6 114 12 346 31
221 12 132 31 355 8 110 32
71 20 21 8 143 27 156 14