An edition of Tools of Navigation (2005)
Tools of Navigation
A Kid's Guide to the History & Science of Finding Your Way (Tools of Discovery series)
By Rachel Dickinson
Publish Date
July 1, 2005
Publisher
Nomad Press
Language
eng
Pages
158
Description:
Children will learn all about inventions: their inventors, the way they changed history, and their evolution over centuries, through the activities and anecdotes provided in this interactive series.Travel through the past and into the future to explore the history of human navigation, from the crude maps of early explorers to the satellite-based Global Positioning System of today. This guide to learning about geography, trade routes over land and sea, and navigational tools and people who used them, is supplemented with 15 hands-on projects and educational activities to expand world view and build navigational confidence.
subjects: History, Juvenile Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Science, Navigation, Orienteering, Juvenile literature, Technology & Applied Sciences, Education, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science, Technology - How Things Work/Are Made, Teaching Methods & Materials - Science & Technology, History - Exploration & Discovery, Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / How Things Work, Computers & Technology, Equipment and supplies, Children's 9-12 - Science