Description

This one- or two-day activity introduces students to cardinal and ordinal directions using a compass to navigate a course. The course allows up to eight teams to follow separate paths using a compass. This strategy prevents teams from simply following each other around a circuit. Each path is a zigzag course of seven short walks separated by 90-degree turns along the cardinal directions (north, south, east, and west).

The files that are part of this lesson include:

Navigating with a Compass activity (lesson)
Orienteering Course Excel workbook (used to set up your own course)
Lesson Resources including
- Chart: Parts of a Base Plate Compass,
- Chart: Magnetic North vs Geographic North
- Student Handout: How to Use a Compass,
- Practice Handout: Ordinal and Cardinal directions
- Lab Route Worksheet for students with a Teacher’s Key,
- Compass Rose images for SRN entries
Teacher Notes

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Compass Practice Activity

Name: Compass Practice Activity
Brand: Kool Kat Science
SKU: 6875748
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Highlights

Grades

3rd - 5th

Subjects

General Science, Geography, Physical Education

Standards

NGSSMS-PS2-3

NGSS3-5-ETS1-1

NGSSMS-ETS1-3

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Description

The files that are part of this lesson include:

Navigating with a Compass activity (lesson)
Orienteering Course Excel workbook (used to set up your own course)
Lesson Resources including
- Chart: Parts of a Base Plate Compass,
- Chart: Magnetic North vs Geographic North
- Student Handout: How to Use a Compass,
- Practice Handout: Ordinal and Cardinal directions
- Lab Route Worksheet for students with a Teacher’s Key,
- Compass Rose images for SRN entries
Teacher Notes

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Standards

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NGSSMS-PS2-3

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. Examples of devices that use electric and magnetic forces could include electromagnets, electric motors, or generators. Examples of data could include the effect of the number of turns of wire on the strength of an electromagnet, or the effect of increasing the number or strength of magnets on the speed of an electric motor. Assessment about questions that require quantitative answers is limited to proportional reasoning and algebraic thinking.

NGSS3-5-ETS1-1

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

NGSSMS-ETS1-3

Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.