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Navigation for Kids Finding your way without getting lost - what better life skill is there? Navigation has a fascinating history and employs math, astronomy, magnetism, and more. Make sure your family learns to read maps and stay oriented in an unfamiliar place. The links below can help. Articles Measuring distance and elevation Book Review: Geography Crafts for Kids
Navigation Links Make your own compass: http://collections.ic.gc.ca/science/english/phys/projects/magnet.html Hug a Tree if you get lost: http://hugatree.abcantra.com/lost2.html About Magnetic Declination: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/potfld/defs/dec.html Magnetic Declination Map of the U.S. http://www.spacecom.com/customer_tools/html/body_mag_dec_map.htm Get the declination for your location: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/seg/gmag/fldsnth1.pl Choosing a compass: http://www.scoutingresources.org.uk/compass_index.html Shadow-tip direction finding: http://www.survivaliq.com/survival/field-expedient-direction-finding_s1.htm
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